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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mьrtvъ

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

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *mirtwas, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥twós, from *mer-. Latin mortuus is from the exact same word.

Other cognates:

Adjective

*mь̃rtvъ[1][2]

  1. dead
    Antonym: *živъ

Inflection

Accent paradigm b.

See also

  • *navъ (dead man)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: мьрътвꙑи (mĭrŭtvyj), мрьтвꙑи (mrĭtvyj), мертвꙑи (mertvyj)
    • Old Novgorodian: мьрьтве (mĭrĭtve)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic: мрьтвъ (mrĭtvŭ), мрътвъ (mrŭtvŭ)
      Glagolitic: ⰿⱃⱐⱅⰲⱏ (mrĭtvŭ), ⰿⱃⱏⱅⰲⱏ (mrŭtvŭ)
    • Bulgarian: мъ́ртъв (mǎ́rtǎv)
    • Macedonian: мртов (mrtov)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: мр̀тав
      Latin: mr̀tav
      • Chakavian (Orlec): mȅrt
      • Chakavian (Orbanići): mȑt
      • Chakavian (Kukljica): mrtạ̑v
      • Chakavian (Vrgada): mrtᵒãv
      • Chakavian (Stinatz): m(e)rt'å:v
      • Chakavian (Crikvenica): mȑtāv, mrtãv
      • Chakavian (Grobnik): mr̄tȃv, mrtȃv
      • Kajkavian (Čabar): m'artu
      • Kajkavian (Varaždin): m'rtȩf
    • Slovene: mŕtəv (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: mrtvý, mertev
    • Old Polish: martwy, miartwy, miertwy
    • Slovak: mŕtvy, mŕtvý, mŕtví
    • Slovincian:
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: mortwy
      • Old Lower Sorbian: martwy
        • Lower Sorbian: marwy

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*mь̀rtvъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 342: “adj. o (b) ‘dead’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), mьrtvъ mьrtvo mьrtva”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:b (SA 110; PR 136)”
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