Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/mr̥tás

This Proto-Indo-Iranian 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-Indo-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *mr̥tós.

Adjective

*mr̥tás

dead
mortal

Descendants

Indo-Aryan: *mr̥tás
- Sanskrit: मृत (mṛtá)
  - → Hindi: मृत (mŕt)
- ⇒ Sanskrit: मर्त (márta, “mortal, man”)
Iranian: *mr̥táh
- Avestan: 𐬨𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬙𐬀‎ (mərəta)
- Kurdish:
  - Northern Kurdish: mêr (“man”), Northern Kurdish: mirî (“dead”)
- Old Persian: 𐎶𐎼𐎫𐎡𐎹 (m-r-t-i-y, “man”)
  - Middle Persian: mlt' (mard)
    - Persian: مرد‎ (mard)
      - → Turkish: mert (“brave, manly”)
- Persian: مرده‎ (morde, “dead”)
- → Finnic: *mardas (“dead”) (see there for further descendants)
- → Mordvinic:
  - Erzya: мирде (mirde, “man, husband”)
  - Moksha: мирде (mirde, “man, husband”)
- → Permic:
  - Komi:
    - Komi-Permyak: морт (mort, “person, man”)
    - Komi-Zyrian: морт (mort, “person, man”)
  - Udmurt: мурт (murt, “person, man”)

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