Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/marhijō

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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-Germanic

Etymology

From *marhaz (“horse”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmɑr.xi.jɔː/

Noun

*marhijō f

mare, female horse

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *marhijō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*marhijō	*marhijôz
vocative	*marhijō	*marhijôz
accusative	*marhijǭ	*marhijōz
genitive	*marhijōz	*marhijǫ̂
dative	*marhijōi	*marhijōmaz
instrumental	*marhijō	*marhijōmiz

Descendants

Old English: miere, mȳre, mīre
- Middle English: mere, mare
  - English: mare
  - Scots: meir, mere, mear
Old Frisian: merie
- North Frisian: mar
- Saterland Frisian: Määre
- West Frisian: merje
Old Saxon: meriha
- Middle Low German: mēre, mērie
Old Dutch: *meria, merie
- Middle Dutch: merie
  - Dutch: merrie
Old High German: meriha
- Middle High German: meriche, merhe
  - Alemannic German: Märe
  - German: Mähre
Old Norse: merr
- Icelandic: meri
- Faroese: mer
- Norwegian: merr
- Old Swedish: mær
  - Swedish: märr
- Danish: mær
- Westrobothnian: marr