Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/murþą

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

From Proto-Indo-European *mr̥tós (“dead”), from *mer- (“to die”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmur.θɑ̃/

Noun

*murþą n

1. death
2. killing, slaying, murder
3. (especially) a killing in secret where the body was hidden (which was considered particularly shameful)

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *murþą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*murþą	*murþō
vocative	*murþą	*murþō
accusative	*murþą	*murþō
genitive	*murþas, *murþis	*murþǫ̂
dative	*murþai	*murþamaz
instrumental	*murþō	*murþamiz

Derived terms

• *murþijaną

Related terms

• *murþrą

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *morþ
  • Old English: morþ
    • Middle English: morth, murth
      • Scots: murth
      • English: murth, murther, murder
  • Old Frisian: morth, mord
    • Saterland Frisian: Morde, Moort
    • West Frisian: moard
  • Old Saxon: morth
    • Middle Low German: mōrt
      • German Low German: Moord
      • Low German: mort
  • Old Dutch: morth
    • Middle Dutch: mord, mort, moort
      • Dutch: moord
  • Old High German: mord
    • Middle High German: mort
      • German: Mord
        • → Polish: mord, morderstwo
      • Luxembourgish: Muerd
• Proto-Norse: *ᛗᛟᚱᚦᚨ (*morþa)
  • Old Norse: morð
    • Icelandic: morð
    • Faroese: morð
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: mord
    • Norwegian Bokmål: mord
    • Old Swedish: morþ
      • Swedish: mord
    • Danish: mord
  • →? Finnish: murha