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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/murguz
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰus (“short”). Cognate with Latin brevis (“short, small, narrow, shallow”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmur.ɣuz/
Adjective
*murguz
- (of time or duration) short; brief
- slow; leisurely
Inflection
Declension of *murguz (u-stem)
strong declension | ||||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
nominative | *murguz | *murgijai | *murgī | *murgijôz | *murgų, *-jatō | *murgijō |
accusative | *murgijanǭ | *murgijanz | *murgijǭ | *murgijōz | *murgų, *-jatō | *murgijō |
genitive | *murgijas, *murgīs | *murgijaizǫ̂ | *murgijaizōz | *murgijaizǫ̂ | *murgijas, *murgīs | *murgijaizǫ̂ |
dative | *murgijammai | *murgijaimaz | *murgijaizōi | *murgijaimaz | *murgijammai | *murgijaimaz |
instrumental | *murgijanō | *murgijaimiz | *murgijaizō | *murgijaimiz | *murgijanō | *murgijaimiz |
weak declension | ||||||
masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
nominative | *murgijô | *murgijaniz | *murgijǭ | *murgijōniz | *murgijô | *murgijōnō |
accusative | *murgijanų | *murgijanunz | *murgijōnų | *murgijōnunz | *murgijô | *murgijōnō |
genitive | *murgīniz | *murgijanǫ̂ | *murgijōniz | *murgijōnǫ̂ | *murgīniz | *murgijanǫ̂ |
dative | *murgīni | *murgijammaz | *murgijōni | *murgijōmaz | *murgīni | *murgijammaz |
instrumental | *murgīnē | *murgijammiz | *murgijōnē | *murgijōmiz | *murgīnē | *murgijammiz |
Descendants
- Old English: myrġe, miriġe, meriġe
- Middle English: murȝe, mirie, merie, mery
- Scots: mery, mirry
- English: merry
- Middle English: murȝe, mirie, merie, mery
- Old Dutch: *murgi, *mirgi; *mirgilīk
- Middle Dutch: mergelijc
- Old High German: murgi, murg
- Middle High German: murc
- German: murk
- Middle High German: murc
- Old Norse: *myrgill (< *murgilaz)
- Norwegian: myrjel (“figurine”)
- Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐌿𐍃 (maurgus)