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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/marzijaną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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

Causative form of an unattested strong verb *mersaną,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *mers- (“to annoy, disturb, neglect, forget, ignore”). Related to Hittite [script needed] (maršant-, “deceitful, false, duplicitous”), Lithuanian miršti (“to forget, lose, become oblivious, die”), Armenian մոռանալ (moṙanal, “to forget, fail”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑr.zi.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*marzijaną

  1. to disturb, hinder, impede
  2. to forget, neglect

Inflection

Derived terms

  • *marzīniz

Descendants

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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