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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mьrtvъ

This Proto-Slavic 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-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *mirtwas, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥twós, from *mer-. Latin mortuus is from the exact same word.

Other cognates:

Adjective

*mь̃rtvъ[1][2]

  1. dead
    Antonym: *živъ

Inflection

Accent paradigm b.

See also

  • *navъ (dead man)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: мьртвъ (mĭrtvŭ), мертвъ (mertvŭ), мьрътвъ (mĭrŭtvŭ)
    • Old Novgorodian: мьрьтве (mĭrĭtve)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мертвый”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “мертвый”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 525
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mьrtvъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 21 (*mъrskovatъjь – *nadějьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 146

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mь̀rtvъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 342:adj. o (b) ‘dead’
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001) “mьrtvъ mьrtvo mьrtva”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:b (SA 110; PR 136)
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