Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/mers-

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

Root

*mers-

1. to forget

Derived terms

• *mérs-t ~ *mr̥s-ént (root aorist)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian:
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan:
      • Sanskrit: मृष्ठास् (mṛṣṭhās, 2sg.aor.inj.med.)
• *mr̥s-yé-ti (yé-present)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian:
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan:
      • Sanskrit: मृष्यते (mṛ́ṣyate)
• *me-mórs-e ~ *me-mr̥s-ḗr (reduplicated perfect)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian:
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan:
      • Sanskrit: ममर्ष (mamárṣa)
• *mors-éye-ti (causative)
  • Proto-Germanic: *marzijaną (“to disturb, impede”) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian:
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan:
      • Sanskrit: मर्षयति (marṣayati)
• Unsorted formations:
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic:
    • Lithuanian: miršti (“to forget”)
  • Armenian:
    • Old Armenian: մոռանամ (moṙanam, “to forget”)
      • Armenian: մոռանալ (moṙanal, “to forget”)

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Iranian:
  • Proto-Indo-Aryan:
    • Sanskrit: मृष् (mṛṣ, “to forget”)
• Proto-Tocharian:
  • Tocharian B: märs- (“to forget”)

References

• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*mers-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 440-1