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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/mer-

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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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Root

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    *mer- (perfective)[1][2][3]

    1. to die
    2. to disappear

    Derived terms

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    Compounds:

    • *m(o)r-bʰ(h₂)-o- (looking like death?)[14]
      • Proto-Italic: *morfos
        • Latin: morbus (disease) (see there for further descendants)

    Unsorted formations:

    • Proto-Albanian: *merusa
      • Albanian: mërshë (rotting corpse)
    • Proto-Iranian:
      • Gurani: مەردەی (marday)
      • Khotanese: [script needed] (mär-)
      • Kurdish:
        Northern Kurdish: mirin
        Central Kurdish: مردن (mirdin)
        Southern Kurdish: مردن (mirdin)
        Laki: مردن (mirdin)
      • Old Persian: [Term?] (/⁠mar-⁠/)
        • Middle Persian: [script needed] (myr /⁠mīr-⁠/)
      • Parthian: [Term?] (/⁠myr⁠/)
      • Zazaki: merden

    Descendants

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    • Proto-Indo-Iranian:

    Root

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      *mer-

      1. sea, lake, wetland

      Derived terms

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      References

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      1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “mer-, merə-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 735
      2. ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*mer-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 439-440
      3. ^ Wodtko, Dagmar S., Irslinger, Britta, Schneider, Carolin (2008) “*mer-”, in Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, pages 488-491
      4. ^ Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) “mer-zi / mar-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 667-668
      5. ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
      6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “morior, morī”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 389-390
      7. ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 463
      8. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*sъmьrtь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 480-481
      9. ^ 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
      10. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*morь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 326
      11. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “maras”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 305
      12. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*marwo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 259
      13. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “μορτός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 969
      14. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “morbus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 389