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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/merža
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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
Compare Ancient Greek μέρμις (mérmis, “rope, cord”), Latvian mer̂ga, and possibly Lithuanian márška (“fishing net”).[1]
Declension
Declension of *mèrža (soft a-stem, accent paradigm a)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *mèrža | *mèrži | *mèržę̇ |
| Accusative | *mèržǫ | *mèrži | *mèržę̇ |
| Genitive | *mèržę̇ | *mèržu | *mèržь |
| Locative | *mèržī | *mèržu | *mèržāsъ |
| Dative | *mèržī | *mèržama | *mèržāmъ |
| Instrumental | *mèržējǫ, *mèržǭ* | *mèržama | *mèržāmī |
| Vocative | *mèrže | *mèrži | *mèržę̇ |
* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “мережа”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
References
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 2084
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*mèrža”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 308: “f. jā (a) ‘net’”
- Olander, Thomas (2001), “meržja”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (SA 155)”
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