Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/marhwaz

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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/marhwaz

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

A thematicisation of earlier *marhuz, from Proto-Indo-European *merk- (“to decay”).[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑr.xʷɑz/

Noun

*marhwaz m

1. tallow, suet

Declension

masculine a-stemDeclension of *marhwaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*marhwaz	*marhwōz, *marhwōs
vocative	*marhw	*marhwōz, *marhwōs
accusative	*marhwą	*marhwanz
genitive	*marhwas, *marhwis	*marhwǫ̂
dative	*marhwai	*marhwamaz
instrumental	*marhwō	*marhwamiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *marhu
  • Old English: mearh, mearg
  • Old Frisian: *march
    • West Frisian: marge (dialectal march, marich)
    • North Frisian:

      Fohr: marig

      Helgoland: marri

      Sylt: märig

    • Wangerooge Frisian: mûrû
• Proto-Norse: *ᛗᚨᚱᚺᚹᚨ- (*marhwa-)
  • Old Norse: mǫrr
    • Faroese: mørur
    • Icelandic: mör
    • Norwegian Bokmål: morr, mørr
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: mòr
    • → Old Irish: mar
      • ⇒ Middle Irish: maróc
        • Scottish Gaelic: marag
  • → Proto-Samic: *mārfē (see there for further descendants)

References

1. Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*marxuz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 261