Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/mauˀras

This Proto-Balto-Slavic 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-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

According to Martirosyan[1], belongs with Old Armenian մաւր (mawr, “mud, marsh, swamp”) and perhaps մուր (mur, “soot”) and together with them may be treated as a European substrate word. According to Rejzek, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mewr-.[2]

Noun

*mauˀras m[3]

mud

Inflection

Declension of *mauˀras (o-stem, unknown accent)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*mauˀras	*mauˀrōˀ	*mauˀrai⁽ˀ⁾
Accusative	*mauˀran	*mauˀrōˀ	*mauˀrō⁽ˀ⁾ns
Genitive	*mauˀrā	*mauˀrāu⁽ˀ⁾	*mauˀrōn
Locative	*mauˀrai	*mauˀrāu⁽ˀ⁾	*mauˀraišu
Dative	*mauˀrōi	*mauˀramā⁽ˀ⁾	*mauˀramas
Instrumental	*mauˀrōˀ	*mauˀramāˀ	*mauˀrōis
Vocative	*mauˀre	*mauˀrōˀ	*mauˀrai⁽ˀ⁾

Descendants

East Baltic:
- Latvian: maurs
- Lithuanian: máuras, mauraĩ
Proto-Slavic: *murъ (see there for further descendants)

References

Martirosyan, Hrach (2009), “Armenian mawr ‘mud, marsh’ and its hydronimical value”, in Aramazd: Armenian journal of Near Eastern studies‎, volume 4, issue 1, pages 73–85 and 179–180
"mour" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007
Derksen, Rick (2008), “*murъ I; *mura”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 331: “*mouʔros”

[1] Martirosyan, Hrach (2009), “Armenian mawr ‘mud, marsh’ and its hydronimical value”, in Aramazd: Armenian journal of Near Eastern studies‎, volume 4, issue 1, pages 73–85 and 179–180

[2] "mour" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007

[3] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*murъ I; *mura”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 331: “*mouʔros”