Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/murþą

This Proto-Germanic 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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *mr̥tós, from Proto-Indo-European *mer- (“to die”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmur.θɑ̃/

Noun

*murþą n

death
killing, murder

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *murþą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*murþą	*murþō
vocative	*murþą	*murþō
accusative	*murþą	*murþō
genitive	murþas, murþis	*murþǫ̂
dative	*murþai	*murþamaz
instrumental	*murþō	*murþamiz

Derived terms

*murþijaną

Related terms

*murþrą

Descendants

Old English: morþ
- Middle English: morth, murth
  - Scots: murth
  - English: murth
Old Frisian: morth, mord
- Saterland Frisian: Morde, Moort
- West Frisian: moard
Old Saxon: morth
- Middle Low German: mōrt
  - German Low German: Moord
  - Low German: mort
Frankish: *murth, *morth
- Old Dutch: morth
  - Middle Dutch: mort
Old High German: mord
- Middle High German: mort
  - German: Mord
    - → Polish: mord, morderstwo
  - Luxembourgish: Muerd
Old Norse: morð
- Icelandic: morð
- Norwegian:
  - Norwegian: mord
  - Norwegian Nynorsk: mord
- Old Swedish: morþ
  - Swedish: mord
- Danish: mord
- Westrobothnian: mol
→ Finnish: murha

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