Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mari

This Proto-West Germanic 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mari.

Noun

*mari n^[1]

sea, lake

Inflection

i-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*mari
Genitive	*marī
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*mari	*marī
Accusative	*mari	*marī
Genitive	*marī	*marjō
Dative	*marī	marim, marjum
Instrumental	*marī	marim, marjum

Derived terms

Descendants

Old English: mere m
- Middle English: mere
  - English: mere
  - Scots: mere
Old Frisian: mere n
- Saterland Frisian: Meer
- West Frisian: mar
Old Saxon: meri f
- Middle Low German: mer n
  - Low German: Meer
    - German Low German: Meer
  - Plautdietsch: Mäa
Old Dutch: meri n
- Middle Dutch: mēre f or n
  - Dutch: meer
    - Afrikaans: meer
Old High German: meri m or n
- Middle High German: mer

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 289: “PWGmc *mari”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 289: “PWGmc *mari”

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