Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/mári

This Proto-Balto-Slavic 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-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *móri n (“sea”).

Noun

*mári n or f

  1. sea

Inflection

Fixed accent.

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative reconstructions

Descendants

  • East Baltic:
    • Old Lithuanian: mãrės pl (“sea”)
      • Lithuanian: mãrios f pl (“sea”)
  • West Baltic:
    • Old Prussian: marri f (“bay”)
    • Sudovian: mari (“bay”)
  • Proto-Slavic: *mořè n (“sea”) (see there for further descendants)
  • → Proto-Finnic: *meri (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mȍŗe”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 325: “BSl. *morjo; *morjaʔ”
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “marios”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 305-306: “BSL *morjo; *morjaʔ”
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