|
|
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
From Proto-Germanic *marþraz.
Noun
*marþr m
- marten
Inflection
| Masculine a-stem
|
|
|
Singular
|
| Nominative
|
*marþr(a)
|
| Genitive
|
*marþras
|
|
|
Singular
|
Plural
|
| Nominative
|
*marþr(a)
|
*marþrōs
|
| Accusative
|
*marþr(a)
|
*marþrā
|
| Genitive
|
*marþras
|
*marþrō
|
| Dative
|
*marþrē
|
*marþrum
|
| Instrumental
|
*marþru
|
*marþrum
|
Descendants
- Old Frisian: *marther
- Old Saxon: *marthar (attested in the derived adjective mardrīn)
- Middle Low German: marder
- Old High German: marther, mardar
- Middle High German: marder, merder, mader
- Central Franconian: Määder, Maa(r)der, Moarder, Moodel, Morel
- ⇒ Central Franconian: Maa(r)deer, Moardeer (influenced by Deer (“animal”))
- Luxembourgish: Maardéier, Muerdéier (archaic)
- German: Marder
- → Old French: martre
- → Middle Dutch: marter, māerter, martel (might also be inherited with irregular consonantal development)