Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/marā

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *marǭ.

Noun

*marā f[1]

evil spirit, nightmare

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*marā	*marōn
Accusative	*marōn	*marōn
Genitive	*marōn	*marōnō
Dative	*marōn	*marōm
Instrumental	*marōn	*marōm

Derived terms

*nahtmarā

Descendants

Old English: mare
- Middle English: mare
  - Scots: mare, mair
  - English: mare
Old Saxon: *mara
- Middle Low German: māre, mar m
Old Dutch: *mara
- Middle Dutch: māre
  - Dutch: mare, maar
Old High German: mara
- Middle High German: mare, mar
  - German: Mahr

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 192: “PWGmc *marā, *marōn-”

[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 192: “PWGmc *marā, *marōn-”