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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/mértis
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Proto-Indo-European
Etymology
From *mer- (“to die”) + *-tis.
Noun
*mértis f[1][2][3]
- death
Inflection
| Athematic, proterokinetic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | |||
| nominative | *mértis | ||
| genitive | *mr̥téys | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *mértis | *mértih₁(e) | *mérteyes |
| vocative | *mérti | *mértih₁(e) | *mérteyes |
| accusative | *mértim | *mértih₁(e) | *mértims |
| genitive | *mr̥téys | *? | *mr̥téyoHom |
| ablative | *mr̥téys | *? | *mr̥tímos |
| dative | *mr̥téyey | *? | *mr̥tímos |
| locative | *mr̥téy, *mr̥tḗy | *? | *mr̥tísu |
| instrumental | *mr̥tíh₁ | *? | *mr̥tímis |
Descendants
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *mirtís (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *mr̥tíš
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *mr̥tíṣ
- Sanskrit: मृति (mṛtí)
- Proto-Iranian: *mr̥tíš
- Avestan: 𐬨𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬌𐬙𐬌 (mərəiti)
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *mr̥tíṣ
- Proto-Italic: *mortis (see there for further descendants)
References
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “morior, morī”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 389-390
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*sъmьrtь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 480-481
- Derksen, Rick (2015), “mirtis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 321