Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/merkuz
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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 *mergʷ- (“to flicker, dim, be dark”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
*merkuz
Inflection
Declension of *merkuz (u-stem)
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *merkuz | *mirkwijai | *mirkwī | *mirkwijôz | *merkų, -ijatō | *mirkwijō |
| Accusative | *mirkwijanǭ | *mirkwijanz | *mirkwijǭ | *mirkwijōz | *merkų, -ijatō | *mirkwijō |
| Genitive | *mirkwijas, -īs | *mirkwijaizǫ̂ | *mirkwijaizōz | *mirkwijaizǫ̂ | *mirkwijas, -īs | *mirkwijaizǫ̂ |
| Dative | *mirkwijammai | *mirkwijaimaz | *mirkwijaizōi | *mirkwijaimaz | *mirkwijammai | *mirkwijaimaz |
| Instrumental | *mirkwijanō | *mirkwijaimiz | *mirkwijaizō | *mirkwijaimiz | *mirkwijanō | *mirkwijaimiz |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *mirkwijô | *mirkwijaniz | *mirkwijǭ | *mirkwijōniz | *mirkwijô | *mirkwijōnō |
| Accusative | *mirkwijanų | *mirkwijanunz | *mirkwijōnų | *mirkwijōnunz | *mirkwijô | *mirkwijōnō |
| Genitive | *mirkwīniz | *mirkwijanǫ̂ | *mirkwijōniz | *mirkwijōnǫ̂ | *mirkwīniz | *mirkwijanǫ̂ |
| Dative | *mirkwīni | *mirkwijammaz | *mirkwijōni | *mirkwijōmaz | *mirkwīni | *mirkwijammaz |
| Instrumental | *mirkwīnē | *mirkwijammiz | *mirkwijōnē | *mirkwijōmiz | *mirkwīnē | *mirkwijammiz |
Related terms
Descendants
- Old English: mirce, mierce
- Old Saxon: mirki
- Old Norse: myrkr
- Lua error in Module:etymology/templates/descendant at line 290: You specified a term in 4= and not one in 3=. You probably meant to use t= to specify a gloss instead. If you intended to specify two terms, put the second term in 3=. (see there for further descendants)