Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/marhijā
Proto-West Germanic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *marhijō, with a change to ōn-stem. Equivalent to *marh (“horse”) + *-jā.
Noun
edit*marhijā f[1]
Inflection
editōn-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”
Categories:
- Proto-West Germanic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Proto-West Germanic terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Proto-West Germanic terms suffixed with *-jā
- Proto-West Germanic lemmas
- Proto-West Germanic nouns
- Proto-West Germanic feminine nouns
- gmw-pro:Horses
- gmw-pro:Female animals
- Proto-West Germanic ōn-stem nouns