Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/marʀijan

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 Proto-Germanic *marzijaną.

Verb

*marʀijan^[1]

to disturb, hinder

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*marʀijan
1st sg. past	*marʀidā
Infinitive	*marʀijan
Genitive infin.	*marʀijannjas
Dative infin.	*marʀijannjē
Instrum. infin.	*marʀijannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*marʀiju	*marʀidā
2nd singular	*marʀisi	marʀidēs, marʀidōs
3rd singular	*marʀiþi	marʀidē, marʀidā
1st plural	*marʀijum	*marʀidum
2nd plural	*marʀiþ	*marʀidud
3rd plural	*marʀijanþ	*marʀidun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*marʀijē	*marʀidī
2nd singular	*marʀijēs	*marʀidī
3rd singular	*marʀijē	*marʀidī
1st plural	*marʀijēm	*marʀidīm
2nd plural	*marʀijēþ	*marʀidīd
3rd plural	*marʀijēn	*marʀidīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*marʀi
Plural	*marʀiþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*marʀijandī	*marʀid

Descendants

Old English: mierran, merran
- Middle English: merren
  - Scots: mer, mar
  - English: mar
Old Frisian: mēra
Old Saxon: merrian
- Middle Low German: merren
Old Dutch: *merren
- Middle Dutch: merren
Old High German: marrjan, marran, merran, merren
- Middle High German: merren
  - German: merren
→ Old French: marrir (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 83: “PWGmc *marzijan”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 83: “PWGmc *marzijan”

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