Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/murguz

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 (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰus (“short”). Cognate with Latin brevis (“short, small, narrow, shallow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmur.ɣuz/

Adjective

*murguz

1. (of time or duration) short; brief
2. slow; leisurely

Inflection

Declension of *murguz (u-stem)

strong declension
	masculine		feminine		neuter
	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	*murguz	*murgijai	*murgī	*murgijôz	*murgų, *-jatō	*murgijō
accusative	*murgijanǭ	*murgijanz	*murgijǭ	*murgijōz	*murgų, *-jatō	*murgijō
genitive	*murgijas, *murgīs	*murgijaizǫ̂	*murgijaizōz	*murgijaizǫ̂	*murgijas, *murgīs	*murgijaizǫ̂
dative	*murgijammai	*murgijaimaz	*murgijaizōi	*murgijaimaz	*murgijammai	*murgijaimaz
instrumental	*murgijanō	*murgijaimiz	*murgijaizō	*murgijaimiz	*murgijanō	*murgijaimiz
weak declension
	masculine		feminine		neuter
	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	*murgijô	*murgijaniz	*murgijǭ	*murgijōniz	*murgijô	*murgijōnō
accusative	*murgijanų	*murgijanunz	*murgijōnų	*murgijōnunz	*murgijô	*murgijōnō
genitive	*murgīniz	*murgijanǫ̂	*murgijōniz	*murgijōnǫ̂	*murgīniz	*murgijanǫ̂
dative	*murgīni	*murgijammaz	*murgijōni	*murgijōmaz	*murgīni	*murgijammaz
instrumental	*murgīnē	*murgijammiz	*murgijōnē	*murgijōmiz	*murgīnē	*murgijammiz

Descendants

• Old English: miriġe
• Old Dutch: *murgi, *mirgi
  • ⇒ Old Dutch: *mirgilīk
    • Middle Dutch: mergelijc
• Old High German: murgi, murg
  • Middle High German: murc
    • German: murk
• Old Norse: *myrgill (< *murgilaz)
  • Norwegian: myrjel (“figurine”)
• Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐌿𐍃 (maurgus)