Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/murgī

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 *murguz +‎ *-ī (adjective suffix).

Adjective

*murgī

short
slow, leisurely

Inflection

ja-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*murgī
Genitive	*murgijas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*murgī	*murgiju	*murgī
Accusative	*murgijanā	*murgijā	*murgī
Genitive	*murgijas	*murgijeʀā	*murgijas
Dative	*murgijumē	*murgijeʀē	*murgijumē
Instrumental	*murgiju	*murgijeʀu	*murgiju
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*murgijē	*murgijō	*murgiju
Accusative	*murgijā	*murgijā	*murgiju
Genitive	*murgijeʀō	*murgijeʀō	*murgijeʀō
Dative	murgijēm, murgijum	murgijēm, murgijum	murgijēm, murgijum
Instrumental	murgijēm, murgijum	murgijēm, murgijum	murgijēm, murgijum

Derived terms

Descendants

Old English: myrġe, miriġe, murġe, myriġe, myreġe, meriġe, merġe
- Middle English: mery, merie, mirie, myrie, murie, murȝe, merye, myrry, myry, miry, mirye, myriȝe, myrye, murye, miri, meri, mury
  - English: merry
  - Scots: mirry, mery
Old Dutch: *murgi, *mirgi
- ⇒ Old Dutch: *mirgilīk
  - Middle Dutch: mergelijc
Old High German: murgi, murg
- Middle High German: murc
  - German: murk
  - ⇒ Alemannic German: Mürggu, Mürgu n
  - Middle High German: murc n
    - ⇒ Middle High German: frīmurc m
  - ⇒? Middle High German: murz