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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/marǭ
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *mor- (“malicious female spirit”), from Proto-Indo-European *mor-, *mer- (“to die”). Cognate with Serbo-Croatian мо̏ра (“nightmare”), Old Irish Morrígan (“phantom queen”).
Inflection
ōn-stemDeclension of *marǭ (ōn-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *marǭ | *marōniz | |
vocative | *marǭ | *marōniz | |
accusative | *marōnų | *marōnunz | |
genitive | *marōniz | *marōnǫ̂ | |
dative | *marōni | *marōmaz | |
instrumental | *marōnē | *marōmiz |
Descendants
- Old English: mare; *niehtemare, *nihtemare
- Old Saxon: *mara
- Old Dutch: *mara
- Middle Dutch: māre; nachtmaere, nachtmērië, nachtmēre
- Dutch: mare, maar; nachtmare, nachtmerrie
- → Old French: cauquemare (specifically the second element 'mare')
- Middle French: cauchemare
- French: cauchemar
- Middle French: cauchemare
- Middle Dutch: māre; nachtmaere, nachtmērië, nachtmēre
- Old High German: mara
- Old Norse: mara
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