Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/marhijā

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 *marhijō, with a change to ōn-stem. Equivalent to *marh (“horse”) +‎ *-jā.

Noun

*marhijā f

1. mare, female horse

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*marhijā
Genitive	*marhijōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*marhijā	*marhijōn
Accusative	*marhijōn	*marhijōn
Genitive	*marhijōn	*marhijōnō
Dative	*marhijōn	*marhijōm, *marhijum
Instrumental	*marhijōn	*marhijōm, *marhijum

Descendants

• Old English: mīere, mȳre, mīre
  • Middle English: mere, mare
    • English: mare
    • Scots: meir, mere, mear
• Old Frisian: merie
  • North Frisian: mar
  • Saterland Frisian: Märe
  • West Frisian: merje
• Old Saxon: meriha
  • Middle Low German: mēre, mērie
• Old Dutch: *meria, merie
  • Middle Dutch: merie
    • Dutch: merrie
      • Afrikaans: merrie
      • Negerhollands: merri, mėri
• Old High German: meriha
  • Middle High German: meriche, merhe
    • Alemannic German: Märe
    • German: Mähre