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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/marhu

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

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *marhwaz, a thematicisation of earlier *marhuz, from Proto-Indo-European *merk- (“to decay”).[1]

Noun

*marhu m

  1. tallow, suet
  2. sausage

Inflection
Masculine wa-stem
Singular
Nominative *marhu
Genitive *marhwas
Singular Plural
Nominative *marhu *marhwō, *marhwōs
Accusative *marhu *marhwā
Genitive *marhwas *marhwō
Dative *marhwē *marhum
Instrumental *marhu *marhum

Descendants
  • Old English: mearh, mærh, merg, mearg, meargh, mærc
  • Old Frisian: *march
    • North Frisian:
      Fohr: marig
      Helgoland: marri
      Sylt: märig
    • Wangerooge Frisian: mûrû
    • West Frisian: marge (dialectal march, marich)

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*marxuz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 261
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