Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/morzъ

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

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *márźas, from Proto-Indo-European *mórǵ-o-s, from *mórǵ-. Cognate with Albanian mardhë f (“frost”).

Noun

*mòrzъ m^[1]^[2]^[3]

frost

Declension

Declension of *mòrzъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm a)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*mòrzъ	*mòrza	*mòrzi
genitive	*mòrza	*mòrzu	*mòrzъ
dative	*mòrzu	*mòrzoma	*mòrzomъ
accusative	*mòrzъ	*mòrza	*mòrzy
instrumental	mòrzъmь, mòrzomь^*	*mòrzoma	*mòrzȳ
locative	*mòrzě	*mòrzu	*mòrzě̄xъ
vocative	*mòrze	*mòrza	*mòrzi

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Related terms

*mьrznǫti

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: морозъ (morozŭ)
  - Old Ruthenian: моро́зъ (moróz)
    - Belarusian: маро́з (maróz)
    - Carpathian Rusyn: мо́роз (móroz)
    - Ukrainian: моро́з (moróz); мо́роз (móroz) (Uzhanian dialects and dial. of Slovakia)
  - Russian: моро́з (moróz)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: мразъ (mrazŭ)
  - → Russian: мраз (mraz) (obsolete)
- Bulgarian: мраз (mraz)
- Macedonian: мраз (mraz)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: мра̏з
  
  Latin script: mrȁz
- Slovene: mrȁz (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: mráz
  - Czech: mráz
- Polabian: morz
- Polish: mróz
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: mróz, marz
- Old Slovak:
  - Pannonian Rusyn: мраз (mraz)
  - Slovak: mráz
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: mróz
  - Lower Sorbian: mroz

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mòrzъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 326: “m. o (a) ‘frost’”
^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “morzъ”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (SA 211; PR 131; MP 16, 19)”
^ Kapović, Mate (2007) “The Development of Proto-Slavic Quantity”, in Wiener Slavistisches Jahrbuch‎^[2], University of Vienna, page 7: “*mőrzъ”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mòrzъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 326: “m. o (a) ‘frost’”

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001) “morzъ”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (SA 211; PR 131; MP 16, 19)”

[3] Kapović, Mate (2007) “The Development of Proto-Slavic Quantity”, in Wiener Slavistisches Jahrbuch‎^[2], University of Vienna, page 7: “*mőrzъ”

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