Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/murþijaną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From *murþą (“death, murder”) +‎ *-janą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmur.θi.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*murþijaną

1. To murder, to kill

Inflection

Conjugation of *murþijaną (weak class 1)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*murþijō	*murþijaų	—	*murþijai	?
2nd singular	*murþīsi	*murþijais	*murþī	*murþijasai	*murþijaisau
3rd singular	*murþīþi	*murþijai	*murþijaþau	*murþijaþai	*murþijaiþau
1st dual	*murþijōs	*murþijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*murþijaþiz	*murþijaiþiz	*murþijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*murþijamaz	*murþijaim	—	*murþijanþai	*murþijainþau
2nd plural	*murþīþ	*murþijaiþ	*murþīþ	*murþijanþai	*murþijainþau
3rd plural	*murþijanþi	*murþijain	*murþijanþau	*murþijanþai	*murþijainþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*murþidǭ	*murþidēdį̄
2nd singular	*murþidēz	*murþidēdīz
3rd singular	*murþidē	*murþidēdī
1st dual	*murþidēdū	*murþidēdīw
2nd dual	*murþidēdudiz	*murþidēdīdiz
1st plural	*murþidēdum	*murþidēdīm
2nd plural	*murþidēdud	*murþidēdīd
3rd plural	*murþidēdun	*murþidēdīn
	present	past
participles	*murþijandz	*murþidaz

Related terms

• *murþrijaną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *murþijan
  • Old High German: murden, (readaptated to the noun) morden
    • Middle High German: mürden, mörden, morden
      • German: morden
• Old Norse: myrða
  • Icelandic: myrða
  • Faroese: myrða
  • Norwegian:

    Bokmål: myrde

    Nynorsk: myrde, myrda

  • Danish: myrde