Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/morþr

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Alternative forms

*murþr

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *murþrą.

Noun

*morþr n^[1]

murder

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*morþr
Genitive	*morþras
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*morþr	*morþru
Accusative	*morþr	*morþru
Genitive	*morþras	*morþrō
Dative	*morþrē	*morþrum
Instrumental	*morþru	*morþrum

Derived terms

*murþrijan

Descendants

Old English: morþor
- Middle English: morther, murther, murthre, mourdre, mudre, murder
  - English: murther, murder
  - Scots: murther, morther, murder
Old Dutch: *morthor, mordor
Old High German: mordor
→ Latin: murdrum
- Old French: murdre, mordre, murtre
  - Middle French: meurtre
    - French: meurtre

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 327: “PWGmc *morþr”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 327: “PWGmc *morþr”

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