Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/móri

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Etymology

Unknown; perhaps from a root *mer- (“sea, lake, wetland”).

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Noun

*móri n (oblique stem *mréy-)

1. sea
2. standing water

Inflection

Athematic, proterokinetic
	singular
nominative	*móri
genitive	*mréys
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*móri	*móryih₁	*mórih₂
vocative	*móri	*móryih₁	*mórih₂
accusative	*móri	*móryih₁	*mórih₂
genitive	*mréys	*?	*mréyoHom
ablative	*mréys	*?	*mrímos, *mríbʰos
dative	*mréyey	*?	*mrímos, *mríbʰos
locative	*mréy, *mrḗy	*?	*mrísu
instrumental	*mríh₁	*?	*mrímis, *mríbʰis

Descendants

• >? Proto-Armenian:
  • Old Armenian: մաւր (mawr)
• Proto-Balto-Slavic: *mári (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Celtic: *mori (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Germanic: *mari (see there for further descendants)
• ⇒? Proto-Indo-Iranian: *maryáHdaH (< *moryéHdeh₂ or *moryóHdeh₂)
  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *maryáHdaH
    • Sanskrit: मर्यादा (maryā́dā)
  • Proto-Iranian: *maryáHdaH
    • Ossetian: мал (mal) (< *mārya-)
• Proto-Italic: *mari (see there for further descendants)