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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mārī
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *mērijaz.
Adjective
*mārī[1]
- famous
- Synonym: *mār
Inflection
| ja-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *mārī | ||
| Genitive | *mārijas | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *mārī | *māriju | *mārī |
| Accusative | *mārijanā | *mārijā | *mārī |
| Genitive | *mārijas | *mārijeʀā | *mārijas |
| Dative | *mārijumē | *mārijeʀē | *mārijumē |
| Instrumental | *māriju | *mārijeʀu | *māriju |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *mārijē | *mārijō | *māriju |
| Accusative | *mārijā | *mārijā | *māriju |
| Genitive | *mārijeʀō | *mārijeʀō | *mārijeʀō |
| Dative | *mārijēm, *mārijum | *mārijēm, *mārijum | *mārijēm, *mārijum |
| Instrumental | *mārijēm, *mārijum | *mārijēm, *mārijum | *mārijēm, *mārijum |
Derived terms
- *Mārīwīg
Descendants
- Old English: mǣre
- Middle English: mere
- English: mere (partially)
- Middle English: mere
- Old Frisian: mēre
- Old Saxon: māri
- Old Dutch: māri
- Middle Dutch: mâre
- Old High German: māri
- Middle High German: mære
- Alemannic German: määr
- Middle High German: mære
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *mēriją, related to Etymology 1 above.[2]
Noun
*mārī n
- story, tale
- message
Inflection
| Neuter ja-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *mārī | |
| Genitive | *mārijas | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *mārī | *māriju |
| Accusative | *mārī | *māriju |
| Genitive | *mārijas | *mārijō |
| Dative | *mārijē | *mārijum |
| Instrumental | *māriju | *mārijum |
Descendants
- Old English: mǣre
- Old Frisian: mēre
- Old Saxon: māri
- Old Dutch: māri
- Middle Dutch: mâre
- Dutch: mare
- Middle Dutch: mâre
- Old High German: māri
- Middle High German: mære
- Alemannic German: Määri
- German: Mär, Märchen
- Middle High German: mære
Etymology 3
From Proto-Germanic *mērį̄.
Noun
*mārī f
- fame, reputation
Inflection
| īn-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *mārī | |
| Genitive | *mārīn | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *mārī | — |
| Accusative | *mārīn | — |
| Genitive | *mārīn | — |
| Dative | *mārīn | — |
| Instrumental | *mārīn | — |
Descendants
- Old High German: mārī
- Middle High German: mære
- German: Märe
- Middle High German: mære
References
- Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 47: “PWGmc *mārī”
- van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “mare1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute