Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/murginaz

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

Alternative forms

• *murganaz, *murgunaz, *marganaz, *marginaz

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *merkʷ- (“to flicker, twinkle, darken”). Cognate with Lithuanian mérkti (“to wink”), Russian мрак (mrak, “gloom, darkness, shadow”), Sanskrit मर्क (marká, “solar eclipse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmur.ɣi.naz/

Noun

*murginaz m

1. morning

   Antonym: *kwildiz

2. tomorrow

Inflection

Declension of *murginaz (masculine a-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	*murginaz	*murginōz, *murginōs
vocative	*murgin	*murginōz, *murginōs
accusative	*murginą	*murginanz
genitive	*murginas, *murginis	*murginǫ̂
dative	*murginai	*murginamaz
instrumental	*murginō	*murginamiz

Derived terms

• *murgnagebō

Related terms

• *merkuz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *morgin, *morgan
  • Old English: morgen, margen — Mercian, merġen, mergen, meriġen, merien, myrġen
    • Middle English: morwe, morȝen, morwen, morn
      • English: morrow; morn
      • Scots: morrow, morra; morn
  • Old Frisian: morgen, mergen, morn, mern
    • North Frisian: miern
    • Saterland Frisian: Mäiden
    • West Frisian: moarn
  • Old Saxon: morgan
    • Middle Low German: morgen
      • German Low German: Mörgen
      • German Low German: Morgen, Morrn
      • Dutch Low Saxon: morgen, morren
  • Old Dutch: morgan, *margan, *mergin
    • Middle Dutch: morgen, morghen, margen, marghen, mergen
      • Dutch: morgen, mogge, mogguh (eye dialect)
        • Afrikaans: môre
        • Jersey Dutch: mârxje, mârxe, mârge
        • Negerhollands: morg, moruk, morgen
          • → Virgin Islands Creole: morek (dated)
        • Petjo: morhen
  • Old High German: morgan, morcan
    • Middle High German: morgen, morn
      • Alemannic German: moorn, moore (Glarus, Uri, Unterwalden), mooru (Valais), moore

        Alsatian: Müggen

        Swabian: Morga, Moriga

        Walser: morge

      • Bavarian: Morgen, Muagn, Muang

        Cimbrian: mòrng, morgan, mòrgont

        Mòcheno: morng

      • Central Franconian:

        Hunsrik: Meuend

        Luxembourgish: Mueren, Moien

      • German: Morgen
        • → English: morgen
        • → Polish: morga, mórg
      • Hessian: Mojje
      • Vilamovian: miügia
      • Yiddish: מאָרגן (morgn)
• Old Norse: morginn, morgunn, merginn, myrginn, myrgunn
  • Icelandic: morgunn
  • Faroese: morgun
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: morgon
  • Jamtish: morgę
  • Elfdalian: morgun
  • Old Swedish: morghin, morghon, morghan
    • Swedish: morgon
  • Old Danish: morghæn, morwæn
    • Danish: morgen
      • Norwegian Bokmål: morgen
    • Scanian: marğen
  • Gutnish: mårgen, mårren
• Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐌹𐌽𐍃 (maurgins)
• → Proto-Finnic: *murkina