Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/mári

This Proto-Balto-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-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

    From Proto-Indo-European *móri n (“sea”).

    Noun

    *mári n or f

    1. sea

    Inflection

    Fixed accent.

    This noun needs an inflection-table template.

    Alternative reconstructions

    Descendants

    • East Baltic:
      • Old Lithuanian: mãrės pl (“sea”)
        • Lithuanian: mãrios f pl (“sea”)
        • Samogitian: marės
    • West Baltic:
      • Old Prussian: marri f (“bay”)
      • Sudovian: mari (“bay”)
    • Proto-Slavic: *mořè n (“sea”) (see there for further descendants)
    • → Proto-Finnic: *meri (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*mȍŗe”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 325: “BSl. *morjo; *morjaʔ”
    2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015), “marios”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 305-306: “BSL *morjo; *morjaʔ”
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