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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/murhǭ

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

Alternative forms

  • *murhijǭ

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *mr̥k- (edible herb; root; tuber). Cognate to Proto-Slavic *mъrky. If the forms aren’t a distinct wanderword, which is however likely, also found in Lithuanian burkūnas, burkañtas, Latvian burkāns, Middle Low German brakannie, brackannye, Ancient Greek βράκανα (brákana), dialectal Russian борка́н, бурка́н (borkán, burkán) – from Baltic and Slavic Finnish porkkana and Estonian porgand.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmur.xɔ̃ː/

Noun

*murhǭ f

  1. carrot
  2. parsnip

Inflection

ōn-stemDeclension of *murhǭ (ōn-stem)
singular plural
nominative *murhǭ *murhōniz
vocative *murhǭ *murhōniz
accusative *murhōnų *murhōnunz
genitive *murhōniz *murhōnǫ̂
dative *murhōni *murhōmaz
instrumental *murhōnē *murhōmiz

Descendants

  • Old English: more; moru
  • Old Saxon: morha
    • Middle Low German: more, mȫre
      • German Low German: Mohrenkopp ?
  • Frankish: *morha; *morhila
    • Old Dutch: *mora
    • Old French: *morelle, *morele, morel
      • Middle French: *morille, *morel
      • Picard: merouille, meroule
      • Occitan: murigulo
      • Catalan: múrgola
  • Old High German: moraha; morhilo, morhela
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