Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/murþrijô

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 *murþrijaną (“to murder”) +‎ *-ijô.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmur.θri.jɔːː/

Noun

*murþrijô m

  1. murderer
  2. homicide

Inflection

Declension of *murþrijô (masculine an-stem)
singular plural
nominative *murþrijô *murþrijaniz
vocative *murþrijô *murþrijaniz
accusative *murþrijanų *murþrijanunz
genitive *murþrijiniz *murþrijanǫ̂
dative *murþrijini *murþrijammaz
instrumental *murþrijinē *murþrijammiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *murþrijō
    • Old English: myrþra
    • Old High German: murdreo, murdiro (possibly attested once as myrdhra)
  • Gothic: *𐌼𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌸𐍂𐌾𐌰 (*maurþrja), 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌸𐍂𐌾𐌰 (manamaurþrja)

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*murþrjōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 277
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