Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/móri

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Etymology

From the root *mer- (“sea, lake, wetland”).

Noun

*móri n (oblique stem *mréy-)

sea
standing water

Inflection

Athematic, proterokinetic
	singular
nominative	*móri
genitive	*mréys
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*móri	*móryih₁	*mórih₂
vocative	*móri	*móryih₁	*mórih₂
accusative	*móri	*móryih₁	*mórih₂
genitive	*mréys	*?	*mréyoHom
ablative	*mréys	*?	*mrímos
dative	*mréyey	*?	*mrímos
locative	mréy, mrḗy	*?	*mrísu
instrumental	*mríh₁	*?	*mríbʰi

Descendants

Armenian:
- Old Armenian: մաւր (mawr) (possibly)
Balto-Slavic: *marja-
- Lithuanian: mãrios
- Slavic: *moře (see there for further descendants)
- → Finnic: *meri (see there for further descendants)
Celtic: *mori (see there for further descendants)
Germanic: *mari (see there for further descendants)
Indo-Iranian: *maryáHdaH
- Indo-Aryan: *maryáHdaH
  - Sanskrit: मर्यादा (maryā́dā)
- Iranian: *maryáHdaH
  - Ossetian: мал (mal) (< *mārya-)
Italic: *mari (see there for further descendants)
- Latin: mare (see there for further descendants)