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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mьrknǫti

This Proto-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-Slavic

Etymology

Per Derksen, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mirˀk-, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥Hk-, from the root *merHk-. Cognate with Lithuanian mirksė́ti (to blink), mérkti (to close one's eyes) (1sg. mérkiu, 1sg. past mérkiau), Latvian mir̂kšķêt, mir̂kšêt (to blink), mir̃kšķinât (to blink, to make a sign), Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐌹𐌽𐍃 (maurgins, morning). Vasmer adds Sanskrit मर्क (marká-, solar eclipse) as a possible, if uncertain, cognate. Chernykh adds as a cognate Old Irish mrecht (multicolored, motley, spotted) as well as Old Norse murta (small trout) < *mr̥Hk-t-, due to its spotted coloring and the exact correspondence with the previously mentioned Old Irish word.

Verb

*mь̀rknǫti impf or pf[1][2]

  1. to become dark, to darken

Inflection

Alternative forms

  • *mьrkati
  • *mȏrkъ (darkness)
  • *mьrkъ (darkness? eclipse? twilight?)
  • *mь̀rkъ (dark)

Derived terms

  • *pomьrknǫti

Descendants

*mьrknǫti:

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: мьркнꙋти (mĭrknuti)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: мрькнѫти (mrĭknǫti), мръкнѫти (mrŭknǫti)
    • Bulgarian: мръ́кна (mrǎ́kna)
    • Macedonian: мркне (mrkne)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: мр̏кнути
      Latin script: mȑknuti
    • Slovene: mŕkniti (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: mrknúti
    • Polish: mierzchnąć
    • Slovak: mrknuť
    • Slovincian: mjêrzknõc

*mьrťi?:

  • Ukrainian: ме́ркти (mérkty)
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: мр̏ћи
    Latin script: mȑći

Further reading

  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “ме́ркнуть”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 524
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ме́ркнуть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mьrknǫti I/*mьrkt’i”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 21 (*mъrskovatъjь – *nadějьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 133

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mь̀rknǫti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 341:v. (a) ‘become dark’
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001) “mьrknǫti: mьrknǫ mьrknetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:a (SA 211, 259; PR 133)
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