Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/marhijō

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

From *marhaz (“horse”) +‎ *-jō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑr.xi.jɔː/

Noun

*marhijō f

1. mare, female horse

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *marhijō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*marhijō	*marhijôz
vocative	*marhijō	*marhijôz
accusative	*marhijǭ	*marhijōz
genitive	*marhijōz	*marhijǫ̂
dative	*marhijōi	*marhijōmaz
instrumental	*marhijō	*marhijōmiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *marhijā
  • Old English: mīere, mȳre, mīre
    • Middle English: mere, mare
      • English: mare
      • Scots: meir, mere, mear
  • Old Frisian: merie
    • North Frisian: mar
    • Saterland Frisian: Märe
    • West Frisian: merje
  • Old Saxon: meriha
    • Middle Low German: mēre, mērie
  • Old Dutch: *meria, merie
    • Middle Dutch: merie
      • Dutch: merrie
        • Afrikaans: merrie
        • Negerhollands: merri, mėri
  • Old High German: meriha
    • Middle High German: meriche, merhe
      • Alemannic German: Märe
      • German: Mähre
• Old Norse: merr
  • Icelandic: meri
  • Faroese: mer
  • Norwegian Bokmål: merr
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: merr
  • Jamtish: már
  • Old Swedish: mær
    • Swedish: märr
  • Danish: mær