𒈨𒅕𒍣

Hittite

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Alternative forms

𒈪𒅕𒍣 (mi-ir-zi)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *mer- (“to disappear”).[1] Kloekhorst considers the Proto-Indo-European term to have had the original meaning "to disappear" as attested in Anatolian languages, whereas the meaning "to die" as reflected in cognates such as Ancient Greek ἔμορτεν (émorten), Latin morior, Old Armenian մեռայ (meṙay), Old Church Slavonic мрѣти (mrěti), Persian (mordan) came from a later innovation (euphemistic use of the term, cf. Modern English pass away with the archaic meaning "to disappear") which occured after the split of Proto-Anatolian from Proto-Indo-European.[2]

Verb

𒈨𒅕𒍣 • (me-er-zi) (third-person present singular)

to disappear

References

Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) “mer-^zi”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 577
Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) “The Place of the Anatolian Branch within PIE”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 8

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[1] Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) “mer-^zi”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 577

[2] Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) “The Place of the Anatolian Branch within PIE”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 8