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Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/mirtís

This Proto-Balto-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-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

From early *mr̥tís, from Proto-Indo-European *mértis.

Noun

*mirtís f[1][2][3]

  1. death

Inflection
Declension of *mirtís (i-stem, mobile accent)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *mirtís *mírtīˀ *mírtejes
Accusative *mírtin *mírtīˀ *mírtī(ˀ)ns
Genitive *mirtéis *mirtejáu *mirtejṓn
Locative *mirtḗiˀ *mirtejáu *mirtíšu
Dative *mírtei *mirtímā(ˀ) *mirtímas
Instrumental *mírtīˀ (early forms) *mirtímāˀ *mirtímīˀs
Vocative *mirtéi *mírtīˀ *mírtejes

Descendants
  • East Baltic:
    • Lithuanian: mirtìs
  • Proto-Slavic: *mьrtь (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Kim, Ronald (2018) “The Phonology of Balto-Slavic”, in Jared S. Klein, Brian Joseph, and Matthias Fritz, editors, Handbook of Comparative Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook‎, Berlin: de Gruyter, →ISBN
  2. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*sъmьrtь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 480: “*mirtis”
  3. Derksen, Rick (2015) “mirtis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 321: “*mirtis”
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