Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/mŕ̥tas

This Proto-Indo-Iranian 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-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *mr̥tós.

Noun

*mŕ̥tas m^[1]

mortal, man
Synonym: *mártyas

Inflection

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*mŕ̥tas	*mŕ̥tā(w)	*mŕ̥tās(as)
vocative	*mŕ̥ta	*mŕ̥tā(w)	*mŕ̥tās(as)
accusative	*mŕ̥tam	*mŕ̥tā(w)	*mŕ̥tāns
instrumental	*mŕ̥taH	*mŕ̥taybʰyā(m)	*mŕ̥tāyš
ablative	*mŕ̥tāt	*mŕ̥taybʰyā(m)	*mŕ̥taybʰyas
dative	*mŕ̥tāy	*mŕ̥taybʰyā(m)	*mŕ̥taybʰyas
genitive	*mŕ̥tasya	*mŕ̥tayās	*mŕ̥tānaHam
locative	*mŕ̥tay	*mŕ̥tayaw	*mŕ̥tayšu

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *mártas (possibly influenced by *mártyas)
- Sanskrit: मर्त (márta)
Proto-Iranian: *mŕ̥tah
- Avestan: 𐬨𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬙𐬀 (mar^əta, “man”)
- Kurdish:
  Northern Kurdish: mêr (“man, husband”)
  
  Central Kurdish: مێرد (mêrd, “husband”)
  
  Laki: مێردە (mêrde, “husband”)
- Parthian: [script needed] (mrd /⁠mard⁠/)
- Old Persian: [script needed] (*márta)
  - Middle Persian: [script needed] (mlt' /⁠mard⁠/, “man”)
    - Persian: مرد (mard)
    - Tajik: мард (mard)
- Zazaki: merde (“husband”)
→ Proto-Uralic:
- Proto-Mordvinic:
  - Erzya: мирде (mirde, “man, husband”)
  - Moksha: мирде (mirde, “man, husband”)
- Proto-Permic:
  - Komi-Permyak: морт (mort, “person, man”)
  - Komi-Zyrian: морт (mort, “person, man”)
  - Udmurt: мурт (murt, “person, man”)

References

^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University

[1] Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University

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