Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/murn

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From the root of Proto-Germanic *murnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer- (“to fall into thought; remember; care for”).

Adjective

*murn

1. worried; heavy-laden; sorrowful; dreary

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*murn
Genitive	*murnas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*murn	*murnu	*murn
Accusative	*murnanā	*murnā	*murn
Genitive	*murnas	*murneʀā	*murnas
Dative	*murnumē	*murneʀē	*murnumē
Instrumental	*murnu	*murneʀu	*murnu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*murnē	*murnō	*murnu
Accusative	*murnā	*murnā	*murnu
Genitive	*murneʀō	*murneʀō	*murneʀō
Dative	*murnēm, *murnum	*murnēm, *murnum	*murnēm, *murnum
Instrumental	*murnēm, *murnum	*murnēm, *murnum	*murnēm, *murnum

Related terms

• *murnan

Descendants

• Old English: *murn
  • Middle English: murne
    • English: mourn (adjective) (obsolete)
  • ⇒ Old English: unmurn
    • ⇒ Old English: unmurne (adverb)
• → Old French: murne, morne
  • Middle French: morne
    • French: morne
  • → Galician: morno
  • → Portuguese: morno
• ⇒ Old High German: morna f (noun)