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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/marwaz
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Proto-Germanic
Alternative forms
- *merwaz, *murwijaz, *maurwuz
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *merw- (“to rub, pack”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɑr.wɑz/
Adjective
*marwaz
- brittle; delicate; soft; mellow
Inflection
Declension of *marwaz (a-stem)
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *marwaz | *marwai | *marwō | *marwôz | *marwą, -atō | *marwō |
| Accusative | *marwanǭ | *marwanz | *marwǭ | *marwōz | *marwą, -atō | *marwō |
| Genitive | *marwas, -is | *marwaizǫ̂ | *marwaizōz | *marwaizǫ̂ | *marwas, -is | *marwaizǫ̂ |
| Dative | *marwammai | *marwaimaz | *marwaizōi | *marwaimaz | *marwammai | *marwaimaz |
| Instrumental | *marwanō | *marwaimiz | *marwaizō | *marwaimiz | *marwanō | *marwaimiz |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *marwô | *marwaniz | *marwǭ | *marwōniz | *marwô | *marwōnō |
| Accusative | *marwanų | *marwanunz | *marwōnų | *marwōnunz | *marwô | *marwōnō |
| Genitive | *marwiniz | *marwanǫ̂ | *marwōniz | *marwōnǫ̂ | *marwiniz | *marwanǫ̂ |
| Dative | *marwini | *marwammaz | *marwōni | *marwōmaz | *marwini | *marwammaz |
| Instrumental | *marwinē | *marwammiz | *marwōnē | *marwōmiz | *marwinē | *marwammiz |
Descendants
- Old English: mearu, meru
- Middle English: merwe, merow, melowe, melwe
- Scots: melly
- English: mellow
- Middle English: merwe, merow, melowe, melwe
- Old Saxon: *maru, *moru; *murwi
- Middle Low German: morwe, mare, more, mȫre
- German Low German: möör
- Middle Low German: morwe, mare, more, mȫre
- Old Dutch: *maru
- Middle Dutch: meru, merue; murwe, morwe
- Dutch: murw
- → West Frisian: morf, murf
- → Saterland Frisian: muur (possibly)
- West Flemish: merf
- Dutch: murw
- Middle Dutch: meru, merue; murwe, morwe
- Old High German: maro; marawi; muruwi, murwi
- Middle High German: mar; mürwe
- Alemannic German: murw
- German: mürbe
- → French: morbement (dialectal)
- Middle High German: mar; mürwe
- Old Norse: meyrr (< *maurijaz, *maurwuz)
- Icelandic: meyr
- Faroese: moyrur
- Old Swedish: mø̄r
- Swedish: mör
- Old Danish: miør
- Danish: mør
- Westrobothnian: mør, mæur, mæir, mawr, moir