Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mairiją

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

From pre-Germanic *moyryom, from Proto-Indo-European *moyro-, from *mey- (“to build”). Cognate with Latin mūrus (“wall”), pōmērium (“bounds, limits”), Sanskrit मिनोति (minóti, “to fix, build”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑi̯.ri.jɑ̃/

Noun

*mairiją n[1]

  1. mooring post, post, boundary

Inflection

Declension of *mairiją (neuter ja-stem)
singular plural
nominative *mairiją *mairijō
vocative *mairiją *mairijō
accusative *mairiją *mairijō
genitive *mairijas, *mairīs *mairijǫ̂
dative *mairijai *mairijamaz
instrumental *mairijō *mairijamiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *mairī
  • Old Norse: *mæri, landamæri
    • Icelandic: landamæri
    • Old Swedish: landamǣre
      • Swedish: landamäre
    • Old Danish: landemæræ

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*mairja-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 348
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