Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/marhijā
Proto-West Germanic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *marhijō, with a change to ōn-stem. Equivalent to *marh (“horse”) + *-jā.
Noun edit
*marhijā f[1]
Inflection edit
ōn-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *marhijā | |
Genitive | *marhijōn | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *marhijā | *marhijōn |
Accusative | *marhijōn | *marhijōn |
Genitive | *marhijōn | *marhijōnō |
Dative | *marhijōn | *marhijōm, *marhijum |
Instrumental | *marhijōn | *marhijōm, *marhijum |
Descendants edit
- Old English: mīere, mȳre, mīre
- Old Frisian: merie
- Old Saxon: meriha
- Old Dutch: *meria, merie
- Old High German: meriha
References edit
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 243: “PWGmc *marhijā”