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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/múHtrom

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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

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Alternative forms

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  • *múHdʰlom

Etymology

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Uncertain; possibly from *myewh₁- (to move (about)),[1] or perhaps *mewH- (to wash)[2] +‎ *-trom.

Noun

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*múHtrom n (non-ablauting)[3][2]

  1. excrement, urine
  2. filth, sediment

Inflection

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Thematic
singular
nominative *múHtrom
genitive *múHtrosyo
singular dual plural
nominative *múHtrom *múHtroy(h₁) *múHtreh₂
vocative *múHtrom *múHtroy(h₁) *múHtreh₂
accusative *múHtrom *múHtroy(h₁) *múHtreh₂
genitive *múHtrosyo *? *múHtroHom
ablative *múHtread *? *múHtromos, *múHtrobʰos
dative *múHtroey *? *múHtromos, *múHtrobʰos
locative *múHtrey, *múHtroy *? *múHtroysu
instrumental *múHtroh₁ *? *múHtrōys

Descendants

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  • Proto-Germanic: *muþraz (filth, sediment) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *múHtram (excrement, urine) (see there for further descendants)

References

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  1. ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*mi̯eu̯h₁-¹”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 445-447
  2. 2.0 2.1 Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 390
  3. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “meu-, meū̯ə-: mū̌-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 741