Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/mértis

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

From *mer- (“to die”) +‎ *-tis.

Noun

*mértis

1. death

Inflection

Athematic, proterokinetic
	singular
nominative	*mértis
genitive	*mr̥téys
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*mértis	*mértih₁(e)	*mérteyes
vocative	*mérti	*mértih₁(e)	*mérteyes
accusative	*mértim	*mértih₁(e)	*mértims
genitive	*mr̥téys	*?	*mr̥téyoHom
ablative	*mr̥téys	*?	*mr̥tímos
dative	*mr̥téyey	*?	*mr̥tímos
locative	*mr̥téy, *mr̥tḗy	*?	*mr̥tísu
instrumental	*mr̥tíh₁	*?	*mr̥tímis

Descendants

• Balto-Slavic:
  • Lithuanian: mirtìs
  • Slavic: *mьrtь, *sъmьrtь (see there for further descendants)
• Indo-Iranian: *mŕ̥tiš
  • Indo-Aryan: *mŕ̥tiṣ
    • Sanskrit: मृति (mṛtí)
  • Iranian: *mŕ̥tiš
    • Avestan: 𐬨𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬌𐬙𐬌 (mərəⁱti)
• Italic: *mortis
  • Latin: mors