Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/mirtís

This Proto-Balto-Slavic 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-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

From early *mr̥tís, from Proto-Indo-European *mértis.

Noun

*mirtís f^[1]^[2]^[3]

death

Inflection

Declension of *mirtís (i-stem, mobile accent)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*mirtís	*mírtīˀ	*mírtejes
Accusative	*mírtin	*mírtīˀ	*mírtī⁽ˀ⁾ns
Genitive	*mirtéis	*mirtejáu	*mirtejṓn
Locative	*mirtḗiˀ	*mirtejáu	*mirtíšu
Dative	*mírtei	*mirtímā⁽ˀ⁾	*mirtímas
Instrumental	*mírtīˀ (early forms)	*mirtímāˀ	*mirtímīˀs
Vocative	*mirtéi	*mírtīˀ	*mírtejes

Descendants

East Baltic:
- Lithuanian: mirtìs
Proto-Slavic: *mьrtь (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Kim, Ronald (2018) “The Phonology of Balto-Slavic”, in Jared S. Klein, Brian Joseph, and Matthias Fritz, editors, Handbook of Comparative Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook‎^[1], Berlin: de Gruyter, →ISBN
^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*sъmьrtь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 480: “*mirtis”
^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “mirtis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 321: “*mirtis”

[1] Kim, Ronald (2018) “The Phonology of Balto-Slavic”, in Jared S. Klein, Brian Joseph, and Matthias Fritz, editors, Handbook of Comparative Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook‎^[1], Berlin: de Gruyter, →ISBN

[2] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*sъmьrtь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 480: “*mirtis”

[3] Derksen, Rick (2015) “mirtis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 321: “*mirtis”

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