Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/marzijaną

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

Causative form of an unattested strong verb *mersaną, from Proto-Indo-European *mers- (“to annoy, disturb, neglect, forget, ignore”). Related to Hittite [script needed] (maršant-, “deceitful, false, duplicitous”), Lithuanian miršti (“to forget, lose, become oblivious, die”), Armenian մոռանալ (moṙanal, “to forget, fail”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑr.zi.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*marzijaną

1. to disturb, hinder, impede
2. to forget, neglect

Inflection

Conjugation of *marzijaną (weak class 1)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*marzijō	*marzijaų	—	*marzijai	?
2nd singular	*marzīsi	*marzijais	*marzī	*marzijasai	*marzijaisau
3rd singular	*marzīþi	*marzijai	*marzijaþau	*marzijaþai	*marzijaiþau
1st dual	*marzijōs	*marzijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*marzijaþiz	*marzijaiþiz	*marzijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*marzijamaz	*marzijaim	—	*marzijanþai	*marzijainþau
2nd plural	*marzīþ	*marzijaiþ	*marzīþ	*marzijanþai	*marzijainþau
3rd plural	*marzijanþi	*marzijain	*marzijanþau	*marzijanþai	*marzijainþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*marzidǭ	*marzidēdį̄
2nd singular	*marzidēz	*marzidēdīz
3rd singular	*marzidē	*marzidēdī
1st dual	*marzidēdū	*marzidēdīw
2nd dual	*marzidēdudiz	*marzidēdīdiz
1st plural	*marzidēdum	*marzidēdīm
2nd plural	*marzidēdud	*marzidēdīd
3rd plural	*marzidēdun	*marzidēdīn
	present	past
participles	*marzijandz	*marzidaz

Derived terms

• *marzīniz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *marʀijan
  • Old English: mierran, merran
    • Middle English: merren
      • Scots: mer, mar
      • English: mar
  • Old Frisian: mēra
  • Old Saxon: merrian
    • Middle Low German: merren
  • Old Dutch: *merren
    • Middle Dutch: merren
  • Old High German: marrjan, marran, merran, merren
    • Middle High German: merren
      • German: merren
  • → Old French: marrir (see there for further descendants)
• Old Norse: merja
  • Icelandic: merja
  • Faroese: merja
• Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌶𐌾𐌰𐌽 (marzjan)
• → Catalan: marrar
• → Galician: marrar
• → Spanish: marrar