Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mari
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *mari.
Noun
[edit]*mari n[1]
Inflection
[edit]| 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
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Old English: mere m
- Old Frisian: mere n
- Old Saxon: meri f
- Old Dutch: meri n
- Old High German: meri m or n
References
[edit]- ^ 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”