Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/murþijaną

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 *murþą (“death, murder”) +‎ *-janą.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmur.θi.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*murþijaną[1][2]

  1. To murder, to kill

Inflection

Conjugation of (weak class 1)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *murþijō *murþijaų — *murþijai ?
2nd singular *murþīsi *murþijais *murþī *murþijasai *murþijaisau
3rd singular *murþīþi *murþijai *murþijaþau *murþijaþai *murþijaiþau
1st dual *murþijōs *murþijaiw — — —
2nd dual *murþijaþiz *murþijaiþiz *murþijaþiz — —
1st plural *murþijamaz *murþijaim — *murþijanþai *murþijainþau
2nd plural *murþīþ *murþijaiþ *murþīþ *murþijanþai *murþijainþau
3rd plural *murþijanþi *murþijain *murþijanþau *murþijanþai *murþijainþau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *murþidǭ *murþidēdį̄
2nd singular *murþidēz *murþidēdīz
3rd singular *murþidē *murþidēdī
1st dual *murþidēdū *murþidēdīw
2nd dual *murþidēdudiz *murþidēdīdiz
1st plural *murþidēdum *murþidēdīm
2nd plural *murþidēdud *murþidēdīd
3rd plural *murþidēdun *murþidēdīn
present past
participles *murþijandz *murþidaz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *murþijan
    • Old High German: murden, (readaptated to the noun) morden
  • Old Norse: myrða

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*murþa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 378: “*murþjan-”
  2. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*murþjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 277
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