Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/merti

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *mertéi, from Proto-Indo-European *mer-.

Verb

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*mertì impf[1][2][3]

  1. to die

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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Further reading

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References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*merti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 308:v. ‘die’
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “merti: mьrǫ mьretь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:c dø (SA 203, 212f., 233, 235; PR 139)
  3. ^ Jasanoff, Jay (2017) The Prehistory of the Balto-Slavic Accent (Brill's Studies in Indo-European Languages & Linguistics; 17), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 197:Another [inherited case with phonologically regular mobility] is *mь̏r(j)ǫ, *mьr(j)etь̍ ‘die’