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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/marzijaną
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Causative form of an unattested strong verb *mersaną[1], from Proto-Indo-European *mers- (“to annoy, disturb, neglect, forget, ignore”). Related to Hittite [script needed] (maršant-, “deceitful, false, duplicitous”), Lithuanian miršti (“to forget, lose, become oblivious, die”), Armenian մոռանալ (moṙanal, “to forget, fail”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɑr.zi.jɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*marzijaną
- to disturb, hinder, impede
- to forget, neglect
Inflection
Conjugation of *marzijaną (weak class 1)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *marzijō | *marzijaų | — | *marzijai | ? |
| 2nd singular | *marzīsi | *marzijais | *marzī | *marzijasai | *marzijaisau |
| 3rd singular | *marzīþi | *marzijai | *marzijaþau | *marzijaþai | *marzijaiþau |
| 1st dual | *marzijōs | *marzijaiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *marzijaþiz | *marzijaiþiz | *marzijaþiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *marzijamaz | *marzijaim | — | *marzijanþai | *marzijainþau |
| 2nd plural | *marzīþ | *marzijaiþ | *marzīþ | *marzijanþai | *marzijainþau |
| 3rd plural | *marzijanþi | *marzijain | *marzijanþau | *marzijanþai | *marzijainþau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *marzidǭ | *marzidēdį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *marzidēz | *marzidēdīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *marzidē | *marzidēdī | |||
| 1st dual | *marzidēdū | *marzidēdīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *marzidēdudiz | *marzidēdīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *marzidēdum | *marzidēdīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *marzidēdud | *marzidēdīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *marzidēdun | *marzidēdīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *marzijandz | *marzidaz | |||
Derived terms
- *marzīniz
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *marʀijan
- Old English: mierran, merran
- Middle English: merren
- Scots: mer, mar
- English: mar
- Middle English: merren
- Old Frisian: mera
- Old Saxon: merrian
- Middle Low German: merren
- Old Dutch: *merren
- Middle Dutch: merren
- Old High German: marrjan, marran, merran, merren
- Middle High German: merren
- German: merren
- Middle High German: merren
- → Old French: marrir (see there for further descendants)
- Old English: mierran, merran
- Old Norse: merja
- Icelandic: merja
- Faroese: merja
- Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌶𐌾𐌰𐌽 (marzjan)
- → Catalan: marrar
- → Galician: marrar
- → Spanish: marrar
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN