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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/mértis

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Etymology

From *mer- (“to die”) +‎ *-tis (abstract or action suffix).

Noun

*mértis f[1]

  1. death

Inflection
Athematic, proterokinetic
singular
nominative *mértis
genitive *mr̥téys
singular dual plural
nominative *mértis *mértih₁(e) *mérteyes
vocative *mérti *mértih₁(e) *mérteyes
accusative *mértim *mértih₁(e) *mértims
genitive *mr̥téys *? *mr̥téyoHom
ablative *mr̥téys *? *mr̥tímos
dative *mr̥téyey *? *mr̥tímos
locative *mr̥téy, *mr̥tḗy *? *mr̥tísu
instrumental *mr̥tíh₁ *? *mr̥tímis

Descendants
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *mirtís (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *mr̥tíš
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *mr̥tíṣ
      • Sanskrit: मृति (mṛtí)
    • Proto-Iranian: *mr̥tíš
      • Avestan: 𐬨𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬌𐬙𐬌 (mərəiti)
  • Proto-Italic: *mortis (see there for further descendants)

Further reading
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “morior, morī”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 389-390
  • Derksen, Rick (2008) “*sъmьrtь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, pages 480-481
  • 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

References
  1. Kim, Ronald I. (2017–2018) “Chapter XVIII: Balto-Slavic”, in Klein, Jared S., Joseph, Brian D., Fritz, Matthias, editors, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft [Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science]; 41.2), Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, § The phonology of Balto-Slavic, page 1978: “*mér-ti- ~ *mr̥-téy-”
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