Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/mŕ̥tas

This Proto-Indo-Iranian 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-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *mr̥tós.

Noun

*mŕ̥tas m

1. mortal, man

   Synonym: *mártyas

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *mártas (possibly influenced by *mártyas)
  • Sanskrit: मर्त (márta)
• Proto-Iranian: *mŕ̥tah
  • Avestan: 𐬨𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬙𐬀 (mar^əta, “man”)
  • Kurdish:

    Northern Kurdish: mêr (“man, husband”)

    Central Kurdish: مێرد (mêrd, “husband”)

    Laki: مێردە (mêrde, “husband”)

  • Parthian: [script needed] (mrd /⁠mard⁠/)
  • Old Persian: [script needed] (*márta)
    • Middle Persian: [script needed] (mlt' /⁠mard⁠/, “man”)
      • Persian: مرد (mard)
      • Tajik: мард (mard)
  • Zazaki: merde (“husband”)
• → Proto-Uralic:
  • Proto-Mordvinic:
    • Erzya: мирде (miŕďe, “man, husband”)
    • Moksha: мирде (miŕďe, “man, husband”)
  • Proto-Permic:
    • Komi-Permyak: морт (mort, “person, man”)
    • Komi-Zyrian: морт (mort, “person, man”)
    • Udmurt: мурт (murt, “person, man”)