Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mārī

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *mērijaz.

Adjective

*mārī^[1]

famous
Synonym: *mār

Inflection

ja-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*mārī
Genitive	*mārijas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*mārī	*māriju	*mārī
Accusative	*mārijanā	*mārijā	*mārī
Genitive	*mārijas	*mārijeʀā	*mārijas
Dative	*mārijumē	*mārijeʀē	*mārijumē
Instrumental	*māriju	*mārijeʀu	*māriju
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*mārijē	*mārijō	*māriju
Accusative	*mārijā	*mārijā	*māriju
Genitive	*mārijeʀō	*mārijeʀō	*mārijeʀō
Dative	mārijēm, mārijum	mārijēm, mārijum	mārijēm, mārijum
Instrumental	mārijēm, mārijum	mārijēm, mārijum	mārijēm, mārijum

Derived terms

*Mārīwīg

Descendants

Old English: mǣre
- Middle English: mere
  - English: mere (“just, only”) (partially)
Old Frisian: mēre
Old Saxon: māri
Old Dutch: māri
- Middle Dutch: mâre
Old High German: māri
- Middle High German: mære
  - Alemannic German: määr

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *mēriją, related to Etymology 1 above.^[2]

Noun

*mārī n

story, tale
message

Inflection

Neuter ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*mārī
Genitive	*mārijas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*mārī	*māriju
Accusative	*mārī	*māriju
Genitive	*mārijas	*mārijō
Dative	*mārijē	*mārijum
Instrumental	*māriju	*mārijum

Descendants

Old English: mǣre
Old Frisian: mēre
Old Saxon: māri
Old Dutch: māri
- Middle Dutch: mâre
  - Dutch: mare
Old High German: māri
- Middle High German: mære
  - Alemannic German: Määri
  - German: Mär, Märchen

Etymology 3

From Proto-Germanic *mērį̄. Equivalent to *mārī (“famous”) +‎ *-ī (abstract noun suffix).

Noun

*mārī f

fame, reputation

Inflection

īn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*mārī
Genitive	*mārīn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*mārī	—
Accusative	*mārīn	—
Genitive	*mārīn	—
Dative	*mārīn	—
Instrumental	*mārīn	—

Descendants

Old High German: mārī
- Middle High German: mære
  - German: Märe

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 47: “PWGmc *mārī”
^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “mare1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 47: “PWGmc *mārī”

[2] van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “mare1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

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