Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/merža

This Proto-Slavic 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-Slavic

Etymology

According to Pokorny, from Proto-Indo-European *mer- (“to plait”). Compare Ancient Greek μέρμις (mérmis, “rope, cord”), Latvian mer̂ga, and possibly Lithuanian márška (“fishing net”).[1]

Noun

*mèrža f[2][3]

  1. net

Declension

Declension of *mèrža (soft a-stem, accent paradigm a)
singular dual plural
nominative *mèrža *mèrži *mèržę̇
genitive *mèržę̇ *mèržu *mèržь
dative *mèržī *mèržama *mèržāmъ
accusative *mèržǫ *mèrži *mèržę̇
instrumental *mèržējǫ, *mèržǭ* *mèržama *mèržāmī
locative *mèržī *mèržu *mèržāsъ
vocative *mèrže *mèrži *mèržę̇

* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Descendants

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мережа”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “2084”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 2084
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mèrža”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 308: “f. jā (a) ‘net’”
  3. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “meržja”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (SA 155)”
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