Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/marh

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

From Proto-Germanic *marhaz.

Noun

*marh m[1]

horse
Synonyms: *ehw, *hross, *parafred, *wigi

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*marh
Genitive	*marhas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*marh	marhō, marhōs
Accusative	*marh	*marhā
Genitive	*marhas	*marhō
Dative	*marhē	*marhum
Instrumental	*marhu	*marhum

Derived terms

Descendants

Old English: mearh, mear
- Middle English: mearh
  - English: mare
Old Frisian: mar
Old High German: marh, march, marah
- Middle High German: marc
  - German: Mähre

References

Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 308: “PWGmc *marh”

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[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 308: “PWGmc *marh”