𒈨𒅕𒍣
Hittite
editAlternative forms
edit- 𒈪𒅕𒍣 (mi-ir-zi)
Etymology
editInherited from Proto-Indo-European *mer- (“to disappear”).[1] Kloekhorst considers the Proto-Indo-European term to have had the original meaning "to disappear" as attested in Anatolian languages, whereas the meaning "to die" as reflected in cognates such as Ancient Greek ἔμορτεν (émorten), Latin morior, Old Armenian մեռայ (meṙay), Old Church Slavonic мрѣти (mrěti), Persian مردن (mordan) came from a later innovation (euphemistic use of the term, cf. Modern English pass away with the archaic meaning "to disappear") which occured after the split of Proto-Anatolian from Proto-Indo-European.[2]
Verb
edit𒈨𒅕𒍣 • (me-er-zi) (third-person present singular)
- to disappear
References
edit- ^ Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) “mer-zi”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 577
- ^ Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) “The Place of the Anatolian Branch within PIE”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 8