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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/marhwaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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-Germanic

Etymology

A thematicisation of earlier *marhuz, from Proto-Indo-European *merk- (“to decay”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑr.xʷɑz/

Noun

*marhwaz m

  1. tallow, suet

Declension
masculine a-stemDeclension of *marhwaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *marhwaz *marhwōz, *marhwōs
vocative *marhw *marhwōz, *marhwōs
accusative *marhwą *marhwanz
genitive *marhwas, *marhwis *marhwǫ̂
dative *marhwai *marhwamaz
instrumental *marhwō *marhwamiz

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *marhu
    • Old English: mearh, mærh, merg, mearg, meargh, mærc
    • Old Frisian: *march
      • North Frisian:
        Fohr: marig
        Helgoland: marri
        Sylt: märig
      • Wangerooge Frisian: mûrû
      • West Frisian: marge (dialectal march, marich)
  • Proto-Norse: *ᛗᚨᚱᚺᚹᚨ- (*marhwa-)

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*marxuz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 261
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