Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/murginaz

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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/murginaz

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

Alternative forms

• *murganaz, *murgunaz, *marganaz, *marginaz

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *merkʷ- (“to flicker, twinkle, darken”), from Proto-Indo-European *mer- (“to flicker, twinkle”). Cognate with Lithuanian mérkti (“to wink”), Russian мрак (mrak, “gloom, darkness, shadow”), Sanskrit मर्क (marká, “solar eclipse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmur.ɣi.naz/

Noun

*murginaz m

1. morning
2. tomorrow

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *murginaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*murginaz	*murginōz, *murginōs
vocative	*murgin	*murginōz, *murginōs
accusative	*murginą	*murginanz
genitive	*murginas, *murginis	*murginǫ̂
dative	*murginai	*murginamaz
instrumental	*murginō	*murginamiz

Antonyms

• *kwildiz

Derived terms

• *murgnagebō

Related terms

• *merkuz

Descendants

• Old English: morgen, margen, mergen, merġen
  • Middle English: morȝen, morwe, morn
    • Scots: morow, morn, mornin
    • English: morrow, morn, morning
• Old Frisian: morgen, mergen, morn, mern
  • North Frisian: miern
  • Saterland Frisian: Mäiden
  • West Frisian: moarn
• Old Saxon: morgan
  • Middle Low German: morgen
    • German Low German: Mörgen
    • Low German: Morgen, Morrn
    • Dutch Low Saxon: morgen, morren
• Old Dutch: morgan, *margan, *mergin
  • Middle Dutch: morgen, morghen, margen, marghen, mergen
    • Dutch: morgen
• Old High German: morgan
  • Middle High German: morgen
    • Alemannic German: moorn, moore, moore

      Alsatian: Müggen

      Swabian: Morga, Moriga

      Walser: morge

    • Bavarian: Morgen, Muagn, Muang

      Cimbrian: mòrng, morgan, mòrgont

      Mòcheno: morng

    • German: Morgen
      • → English: morgen
    • Luxembourgish: Mueren, Moien
    • Rhine Franconian:

      Hessian: Mojje

    • Yiddish: מאָרגן‎ (morgn)
• Old Norse: morginn, merginn, morgunn, myrginn
  • Icelandic: morgunn
  • Faroese: morgun
  • Norwegian:
    • Bokmål: morgen
    • Nynorsk: morgon
  • Old Swedish: morghin, morghon, morghan
    • Swedish: morgon
  • Old Danish: morghæn, morwæn
    • Danish: morgen
  • Westrobothnian: móra, marja, mårja
  • Jamtish: morgę
  • Elfdalian: morgun
  • Gutnish: mårgen, mårren
  • Scanian: marğen
• Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐌹𐌽𐍃 (maurgins)
• → Proto-Finnic: *murkina