Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/marhijā

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *marhijō, with a change to ōn-stem. Equivalent to *marh (“horse”) +‎ *-jā.

Noun

*marhijā f^[1]

mare, female horse

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*marhijā
Genitive	*marhijōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*marhijā	*marhijōn
Accusative	*marhijōn	*marhijōn
Genitive	*marhijōn	*marhijōnō
Dative	*marhijōn	marhijōm, marhijum
Instrumental	*marhijōn	marhijōm, marhijum

Descendants

Old English: mīere, mȳre, mīre
- Middle English: mere, mare
  - English: mare
  - Scots: meir, mere, mear
Old Frisian: merie
- North Frisian: mar
- Saterland Frisian: Märe
- West Frisian: merje
Old Saxon: meriha
- Middle Low German: mēre, mērie
Old Dutch: *meria
- Middle Dutch: merie
  - Dutch: merrie
    - Afrikaans: merrie
    - Negerhollands: merri, mėri
Old High German: meriha
- Middle High German: meriche, merhe
  - Alemannic German: Märe
  - German: Mähre

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 243: “PWGmc *marhijā”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 243: “PWGmc *marhijā”

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