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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/moriti

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *mareitei, from Proto-Indo-European *mor-éye- (to kill), causative of *mer- (to die). Equivalent to *morъ (death; plague) + *-iti.

Verb

*morìti impf [1]

  1. to kill (slowly or cruelly)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • *umoriti
  • *zamoriti

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: мори́ть (morítʹ)
    • Ukrainian: мори́ти (morýty)
  • South Slavic:
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: мо̀рити
      Latin: mòriti
    • Slovene: morīti (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

References

  1. Olander, Thomas (2001), moriti: morjǫ moritь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:c slå ihjel (PR 140)”
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