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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *mērijaz.
Adjective
*mārī
- famous
- Synonym: *mār
Inflection
ja-stem
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Singular
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Masculine
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Nominative
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*mārī
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Genitive
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*mārijas
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Singular
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Masculine
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Feminine
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Neuter
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Nominative
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*mārī
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*māriju
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*mārī
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Accusative
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*mārijanā
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*mārijā
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*mārī
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Genitive
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*mārijas
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*mārijeʀā
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*mārijas
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Dative
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*mārijumē
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*mārijeʀē
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*mārijumē
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Instrumental
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*māriju
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*mārijeʀu
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*māriju
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Plural
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Masculine
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Feminine
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Neuter
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Nominative
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*mārijē
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*mārijō
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*māriju
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Accusative
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*mārijā
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*mārijā
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*māriju
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Genitive
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*mārijeʀō
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*mārijeʀō
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*mārijeʀō
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Dative
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*mārijēm, *mārijum
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*mārijēm, *mārijum
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*mārijēm, *mārijum
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Instrumental
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*mārijēm, *mārijum
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*mārijēm, *mārijum
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*mārijēm, *mārijum
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Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *mēriją, related to Etymology 1 above.
Noun
*mārī n
- story, tale
- message
Inflection
Neuter ja-stem
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Singular
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Nominative
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*mārī
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Genitive
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*mārijas
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Singular
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Plural
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Nominative
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*mārī
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*māriju
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Accusative
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*mārī
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*māriju
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Genitive
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*mārijas
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*mārijō
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Dative
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*mārijē
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*mārijum
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Instrumental
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*māriju
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*mārijum
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Descendants
Etymology 3
From Proto-Germanic *mērį̄. Equivalent to *mārī (“famous”) + *-ī (abstract noun suffix).
Noun
*mārī f
- fame, reputation
Inflection
īn-stem
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Singular
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Nominative
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*mārī
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Genitive
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*mārīn
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Singular
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Plural
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Nominative
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*mārī
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—
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Accusative
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*mārīn
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—
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Genitive
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*mārīn
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—
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Dative
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*mārīn
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—
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Instrumental
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*mārīn
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—
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Descendants
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 47: “PWGmc *mārī”
- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “mare1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute