Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/móri

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Etymology

Unknown; perhaps from a root *mer- (“sea, lake, wetland”).

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Noun

*móri n (oblique stem *mréy-)

sea
standing water

Inflection

Athematic, proterokinetic
	singular
nominative	*móri
genitive	*mréys
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*móri	*móryih₁	*mórih₂
vocative	*móri	*móryih₁	*mórih₂
accusative	*móri	*móryih₁	*mórih₂
genitive	*mréys	*?	*mréyoHom
ablative	*mréys	*?	mrímos, mríbʰos
dative	*mréyey	*?	mrímos, mríbʰos
locative	mréy, mrḗy	*?	*mrísu
instrumental	*mríh₁	*?	mrímis, mríbʰis

Reconstruction notes

The sole possible evidence of a weak stem for this word is Latin mare, whose *a has been explained from a zero-grade *mrV > *mr̥rV- > *mar-.

Descendants

>? Proto-Armenian:
- Old Armenian: մաւր (mawr)
Proto-Balto-Slavic: *mári (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Celtic: *mori (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Germanic: *mari (see there for further descendants)
⇒? Proto-Indo-Iranian: *maryáHdaH (< *moryéHdeh₂ or *moryóHdeh₂)
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *maryáHdaH
  - Sanskrit: मर्यादा (maryā́dā)
- Proto-Iranian: *maryáHdaH
  - Ossetian: мал (mal) (< *mārya-)
Proto-Italic: *mari (see there for further descendants)