Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/marhijō

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 *marhaz (“horse”) +‎ *-jō.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmɑr.xi.jɔː/

Noun

*marhijō f

mare, female horse

Inflection

Declension of *marhijō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*marhijō	*marhijôz
vocative	*marhijō	*marhijôz
accusative	*marhijǭ	*marhijōz
genitive	*marhijōz	*marhijǫ̂
dative	*marhijōi	*marhijōmaz
instrumental	*marhijō	*marhijōmiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *marhijā
- Old English: mīere, mȳre, mīre
  - Middle English: mere, mare
    - English: mare
    - Scots: meir, mere, mear
- Old Frisian: merie
  - North Frisian: mar
  - Saterland Frisian: Märe
  - West Frisian: merje
- Old Saxon: meriha
  - Middle Low German: mēre, mērie
- Old Dutch: *meria
  - Middle Dutch: merie
    - Dutch: merrie
      - Afrikaans: merrie
      - Negerhollands: merri, mėri
- Old High German: meriha
  - Middle High German: meriche, merhe
    - Alemannic German: Märe
    - German: Mähre
Old Norse: merr
- Danish: mær
- Faroese: mer
- Icelandic: meri
- Jamtish: már
- Norwegian Bokmål: merr
- Norwegian Nynorsk: merr
- Old Swedish: mær
  - Swedish: märr
→ Proto-Samic: *mearrō (see there for further descendants)