Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/marik

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

Unknown; possibly from *mari (sea, lake) +‎ *-(u)k[1] or perhaps related to *morhā (wild carrot)[2].

Noun

*marik m

  1. wild celery, smallage
  2. water parsnip

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *marik
Genitive *marikas
Singular Plural
Nominative *marik *marikō, *marikōs
Accusative *marik *marikā
Genitive *marikas *marikō
Dative *marikē *marikum
Instrumental *mariku *marikum

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*marikan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 35
  2. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*markjan ~ *markjaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 262
  3. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*marikan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[3], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 35