Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/murþrijô

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 *murþrijaną (“to murder”) +‎ *-ijô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmur.θri.jɔːː/

Noun

*murþrijô m

1. murderer
2. homicide

Inflection

Declension of *murþrijô (an-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*murþrijô	*murþrijaniz
Vocative	*murþrijô	*murþrijaniz
Accusative	*murþrijanų	*murþrijanunz
Genitive	*murþrīniz	*murþrijanǫ̂
Dative	*murþrīni	*murþrijammaz
Instrumental	*murþrīnē	*murþrijammiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *murþrijō
  • Old English: myrþra
  • Old High German: murdreo, murdiro (possibly attested once as myrdhra)
• Gothic: *𐌼𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌸𐍂𐌾𐌰 (*maurþrja), 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌸𐍂𐌾𐌰 (manamaurþrja)