Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/marzijaną

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

Causative form of an unattested strong verb *mersaną, from Proto-Indo-European *mers- (“to annoy, disturb, neglect, forget, ignore”).^[1] Related to Hittite [script needed] (maršant-, “deceitful, false, duplicitous”), Lithuanian miršti (“to forget, lose, become oblivious, die”), Armenian մոռանալ (moṙanal, “to forget, fail”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmɑr.zi.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*marzijaną^[2]

to disturb, hinder, impede
to forget, neglect

Inflection

Conjugation of *marzijaną (weak class 1)
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*marzijō	*marzijaų	—	*marzijai	?
2nd singular	*marzīsi	*marzijais	*marzī	*marzijasai	*marzijaisau
3rd singular	*marzīþi	*marzijai	*marzijaþau	*marzijaþai	*marzijaiþau
1st dual	*marzijōs	*marzijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*marzijaþiz	*marzijaiþiz	*marzijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*marzijamaz	*marzijaim	—	*marzijanþai	*marzijainþau
2nd plural	*marzīþ	*marzijaiþ	*marzīþ	*marzijanþai	*marzijainþau
3rd plural	*marzijanþi	*marzijain	*marzijanþau	*marzijanþai	*marzijainþau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*marzidǭ	*marzidēdį̄
2nd singular	*marzidēz	*marzidēdīz
3rd singular	*marzidē	*marzidēdī
1st dual	*marzidēdū	*marzidēdīw
2nd dual	*marzidēdudiz	*marzidēdīdiz
1st plural	*marzidēdum	*marzidēdīm
2nd plural	*marzidēdud	*marzidēdīd
3rd plural	*marzidēdun	*marzidēdīn

	present	past
participles	*marzijandz	*marzidaz

Derived terms

*marzīniz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *marʀijan
- Old English: mierran, merran — Anglian, myrran — Late West Saxon
  - Middle English: merren, marre, merre, mearren (AB language), mæren (early Worcestershire), mere (Cheshire), mare (Lancashire), merr (West Riding)
    - English: mar
    - Middle Scots: mar, mer, mere
      - Scots: mar, mer
- Old Frisian: mēra
- Old Saxon: merrian
  - Middle Low German: merren
- Old Dutch: *merren
  - Middle Dutch: merren
- Old High German: marrjan, marran, merran, merren
  - Middle High German: merren
    - German: merren
- → Old French: marrir (see there for further descendants)
>? Old Norse: merja (alternatively, and perhaps more likely, from Proto-Germanic *marjaną)
- Icelandic: merja
- Faroese: merja
Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌶𐌾𐌰𐌽 (marzjan)
→ Catalan: marrar
→ Galician: marrar
→ Spanish: marrar

References

^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*marzjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 356
^ Vladimir Orel (2003), “*marzjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 262

[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*marzjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 356

[2] Vladimir Orel (2003), “*marzjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 262

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