Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/móri

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

Unknown; perhaps from a root *mer- (“sea, lake, wetland”).

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Noun

*móri n

1. sea
2. standing water

Inflection

Athematic, proterokinetic
	singular
nominative	*móri
genitive	*m̥réys
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*móri	*móryih₁	*mórih₂
vocative	*móri	*móryih₁	*mórih₂
accusative	*móri	*móryih₁	*mórih₂
genitive	*m̥réys	*?	*m̥réyoHom
ablative	*m̥réys	*?	*m̥rímos
dative	*m̥réyey	*?	*m̥rímos
locative	*m̥réy, *m̥rḗy	*?	*m̥rísu
instrumental	*m̥ríh₁	*?	*m̥rímis

Descendants

• Armenian:
  • Old Armenian: մաւր (mawr) (possibly)
• Proto-Balto-Slavic: *mári (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Celtic: *mori (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Germanic: *mari (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Indo-Iranian: *maryáHdaH (< *moryéHdeh₂ or *moryóHdeh₂)
  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *maryáHdaH
    • Sanskrit: मर्यादा (maryā́dā)
  • Proto-Iranian: *maryáHdaH
    • Ossetian: мал (mal) (< *mārya-)
• Proto-Italic: *mari (see there for further descendants)