See mer- on Wiktionary
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},
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"examples": [
{
"text": "mercow, mermaid, merman, merswine, mersnake"
}
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"sea; marine; applied to beings that are fully or partly sea-creatures."
],
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[
"sea",
"sea"
],
[
"marine",
"marine"
]
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"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_text": "Extracted from merman, mermaid.",
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"Fiction",
"Speculative fiction",
"Artistic works",
"Genres",
"Art",
"Entertainment",
"Culture",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "merlady, merfolk, merwife, mermonster"
}
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"Of, pertaining to, or associated with the realm of mermaids and mermen."
],
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"(fantasy) Of, pertaining to, or associated with the realm of mermaids and mermen."
],
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"fantasy"
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}
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}
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}
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],
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[
"mero-",
"mero-#English"
]
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"alternative",
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"word": "mer-"
}
{
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "*mér-t ~ *m̥r-ént (root aorist)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "*mr̥-yé-tor (ye-present)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-bsl-pro",
"2": "*mertéi"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Balto-Slavic: *mertéi",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Balto-Slavic: *mertéi (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "iir-pro",
"2": "*mriyátay"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *mriyátay",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *mriyátay (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "itc-pro",
"2": "*morjōr"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Italic: *morjōr",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Italic: *morjōr (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "*mer-s- (sigmatic aorist)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "xcl",
"2": "մեռանիմ"
},
"expansion": "Old Armenian: մեռանիմ (meṙanim)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old Armenian: մեռանիմ (meṙanim)"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hy",
"2": "մեռնել"
},
"expansion": "Armenian: մեռնել (meṙnel)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Armenian: մեռնել (meṙnel)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "*mor-éye-ti (“to kill”, causative)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "*me-mór-e ~ *me-mr-ḗr (reduplicated perfect)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "iir-pro",
"2": "*mamā́ra"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *mamā́ra",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *mamā́ra"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "inc-pro",
"2": "*mamā́ra"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-Aryan: *mamā́ra",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Indo-Aryan: *mamā́ra"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "ममार",
"tr": "mamā́ra"
},
"expansion": "Sanskrit: ममार (mamā́ra)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Sanskrit: ममार (mamā́ra)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "*mér-ti-s ~ *mr̥-téy-s (“death”)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "*mór-o-"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-bsl-pro",
"2": "*marás"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Balto-Slavic: *marás",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Balto-Slavic: *marás"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lt",
"2": "mãras"
},
"expansion": "Lithuanian: mãras",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Lithuanian: mãras"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sla-pro",
"2": "*morъ"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Slavic: *morъ",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Slavic: *morъ (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "*marǭ"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic: *marǭ",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Germanic: *marǭ (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "iir-pro",
"2": "*mā́ras"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *mā́ras",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *mā́ras"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "inc-pro",
"2": "*mā́ras"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-Aryan: *mā́ras",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Indo-Aryan: *mā́ras"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "मार",
"tr": "mā́ra"
},
"expansion": "Sanskrit: मार (mā́ra)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Sanskrit: मार (mā́ra)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "*mr̥-tós (“dead”)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "*mr̥-t-wós (“dead”)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "*mr̥-tu- ~ *mr̥-ti-u- ~ *mr̥tro-"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "iir-pro",
"2": "*mr̥tyúš"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *mr̥tyúš",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *mr̥tyúš (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "*mŕ̥-trom (instrumental)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "*murþrą"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic: *murþrą",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Germanic: *murþrą (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "*mr̥-wós (“dead”)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "cel-pro",
"2": "*marwos"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Celtic: *marwos",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Celtic: *marwos (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "*mór-to-s (“mortal, man”)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "grk-pro"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Hellenic:",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Hellenic:"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "μορτός"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek: μορτός (mortós)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Ancient Greek: μορτός (mortós)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "iir-pro",
"2": "*mártas"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *mártas",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *mártas"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "inc-pro",
"2": "*mártas"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-Aryan: *mártas",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Indo-Aryan: *mártas"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "मर्त",
"tr": "márta"
},
"expansion": "Sanskrit: मर्त (márta)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Sanskrit: मर्त (márta)"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ira-pro"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Iranian:",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Iranian:"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ae",
"2": "𐬨𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬙𐬀"
},
"expansion": "Avestan: 𐬨𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬙𐬀 (mar^əta)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Avestan: 𐬨𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬙𐬀 (mar^əta)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "*m(o)r-bʰ(h₂)-o- (“looking like death?”)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "itc-pro",
"alt": "*morfos"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Italic: *morfos",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Italic: *morfos"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "morbus",
"t": "disease"
},
"expansion": "Latin: morbus (“disease”)",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "Latin: morbus (“disease”) (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sqj-pro",
"2": "*merusa"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Albanian: *merusa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Albanian: *merusa"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sq",
"2": "mërshë",
"t": "rotting corpse"
},
"expansion": "Albanian: mërshë (“rotting corpse”)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Albanian: mërshë (“rotting corpse”)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ira-pro",
"2": ""
},
"expansion": "Proto-Iranian:",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Iranian:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hac",
"2": "مەردەی",
"tr": "marday"
},
"expansion": "Gurani: مەردەی (marday)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Gurani: مەردەی (marday)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "kho",
"tr": "mär-"
},
"expansion": "Khotanese: [script needed] (mär-)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Khotanese: [script needed] (mär-)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "Kurdish:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "kmr",
"2": "mirin"
},
"expansion": "Northern Kurdish: mirin",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Northern Kurdish: mirin"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ckb",
"2": "مردن"
},
"expansion": "Central Kurdish: مردن (mirdin)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Central Kurdish: مردن (mirdin)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sdh",
"2": "مردن"
},
"expansion": "Southern Kurdish: مردن (mirdin)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Southern Kurdish: مردن (mirdin)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lki",
"2": "مردن"
},
"expansion": "Laki: مردن (mirdin)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Laki: مردن (mirdin)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "peo",
"ts": "mar-"
},
"expansion": "Old Persian: [Term?] (/mar-/)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old Persian: [Term?] (/mar-/)"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pal",
"tr": "myr",
"ts": "mīr-"
},
"expansion": "Middle Persian: [script needed] (myr /mīr-/)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Middle Persian: [script needed] (myr /mīr-/)"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "مردن",
"tr": "mordan"
},
"expansion": "Persian: مردن (mordan)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Persian: مردن (mordan)"
},
{
"depth": 5,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "tg",
"2": "мурдан"
},
"expansion": "Tajik: мурдан (murdan)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Tajik: мурдан (murdan)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "xpr",
"ts": "myr"
},
"expansion": "Parthian: [Term?] (/myr/)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Parthian: [Term?] (/myr/)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zza",
"2": "merden"
},
"expansion": "Zazaki: merden",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Zazaki: merden"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "iir-pro",
"2": ""
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian:",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Indo-Iranian:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "inc-pro",
"2": ""
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-Aryan:",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Indo-Aryan:"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "मृ"
},
"expansion": "Sanskrit: मृ (mṛ)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Sanskrit: मृ (mṛ)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ira-pro",
"2": ""
},
"expansion": "Proto-Iranian:",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Iranian:"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ae-yng",
"2": "𐬨𐬀𐬭-"
},
"expansion": "Younger Avestan: 𐬨𐬀𐬭- (mar-)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Younger Avestan: 𐬨𐬀𐬭- (mar-)"
}
],
"lang": "Proto-Indo-European",
"lang_code": "ine-pro",
"original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/mer-",
"pos": "root",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"to die"
],
"id": "en-mer--ine-pro-root-ine_pro:die",
"links": [
[
"die",
"die"
]
],
"senseid": [
"ine-pro:die"
],
"tags": [
"morpheme",
"perfective",
"reconstruction"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to disappear"
],
"id": "en-mer--ine-pro-root-ine_pro:disappear",
"links": [
[
"disappear",
"disappear"
]
],
"senseid": [
"ine-pro:disappear"
],
"tags": [
"morpheme",
"perfective",
"reconstruction"
]
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Brill Publishers",
"Helmut Rix",
"Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben",
"Rick Derksen"
],
"word": "mer-"
}
{
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "*mór-i (“sea,wetland”)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "*mreg-"
}
],
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
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"_dis": "0 9 91",
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},
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"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
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"sea, lake, wetland"
],
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[
"sea",
"sea"
],
[
"lake",
"lake"
],
[
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"wetland"
]
],
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],
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"reconstruction"
]
}
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"2": "enm",
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"2": "ang",
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},
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},
{
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"3": "*mari",
"t": "sea"
},
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}
],
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"2": "prefix",
"head": "",
"sort": ""
},
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"expansion": "mer-",
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}
],
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"pos": "prefix",
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{
"examples": [
{
"text": "mercow, mermaid, merman, merswine, mersnake"
}
],
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"sea; marine; applied to beings that are fully or partly sea-creatures."
],
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[
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"sea"
],
[
"marine",
"marine"
]
],
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}
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"sort": ""
},
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"expansion": "mer-",
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "prefix",
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"en:Fantasy"
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{
"text": "merlady, merfolk, merwife, mermonster"
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],
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[
"fantasy",
"fantasy"
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],
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"(fantasy) Of, pertaining to, or associated with the realm of mermaids and mermen."
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],
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}
],
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"sort": ""
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"expansion": "mer-",
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}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "prefix",
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],
"links": [
[
"mero-",
"mero-#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative",
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"word": "mer-"
}
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"Pages with entries",
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"Proto-Indo-European entries with incorrect language header",
"Proto-Indo-European homonymic roots",
"Proto-Indo-European lemmas",
"Proto-Indo-European perfective roots",
"Proto-Indo-European roots"
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "*mér-t ~ *m̥r-ént (root aorist)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "*mr̥-yé-tor (ye-present)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-bsl-pro",
"2": "*mertéi"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Balto-Slavic: *mertéi",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Balto-Slavic: *mertéi (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "iir-pro",
"2": "*mriyátay"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *mriyátay",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *mriyátay (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "itc-pro",
"2": "*morjōr"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Italic: *morjōr",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Italic: *morjōr (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "*mer-s- (sigmatic aorist)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "xcl",
"2": "մեռանիմ"
},
"expansion": "Old Armenian: մեռանիմ (meṙanim)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old Armenian: մեռանիմ (meṙanim)"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hy",
"2": "մեռնել"
},
"expansion": "Armenian: մեռնել (meṙnel)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Armenian: մեռնել (meṙnel)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "*mor-éye-ti (“to kill”, causative)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "*me-mór-e ~ *me-mr-ḗr (reduplicated perfect)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "iir-pro",
"2": "*mamā́ra"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *mamā́ra",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *mamā́ra"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "inc-pro",
"2": "*mamā́ra"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-Aryan: *mamā́ra",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Indo-Aryan: *mamā́ra"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "ममार",
"tr": "mamā́ra"
},
"expansion": "Sanskrit: ममार (mamā́ra)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Sanskrit: ममार (mamā́ra)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "*mér-ti-s ~ *mr̥-téy-s (“death”)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "*mór-o-"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-bsl-pro",
"2": "*marás"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Balto-Slavic: *marás",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Balto-Slavic: *marás"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lt",
"2": "mãras"
},
"expansion": "Lithuanian: mãras",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Lithuanian: mãras"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sla-pro",
"2": "*morъ"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Slavic: *morъ",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Slavic: *morъ (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "*marǭ"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic: *marǭ",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Germanic: *marǭ (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "iir-pro",
"2": "*mā́ras"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *mā́ras",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *mā́ras"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "inc-pro",
"2": "*mā́ras"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-Aryan: *mā́ras",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Indo-Aryan: *mā́ras"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "मार",
"tr": "mā́ra"
},
"expansion": "Sanskrit: मार (mā́ra)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Sanskrit: मार (mā́ra)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "*mr̥-tós (“dead”)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "*mr̥-t-wós (“dead”)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "*mr̥-tu- ~ *mr̥-ti-u- ~ *mr̥tro-"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "iir-pro",
"2": "*mr̥tyúš"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *mr̥tyúš",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *mr̥tyúš (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "*mŕ̥-trom (instrumental)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "*murþrą"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic: *murþrą",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Germanic: *murþrą (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "*mr̥-wós (“dead”)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "cel-pro",
"2": "*marwos"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Celtic: *marwos",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Celtic: *marwos (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "*mór-to-s (“mortal, man”)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "grk-pro"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Hellenic:",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Hellenic:"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "μορτός"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek: μορτός (mortós)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Ancient Greek: μορτός (mortós)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "iir-pro",
"2": "*mártas"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *mártas",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *mártas"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "inc-pro",
"2": "*mártas"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-Aryan: *mártas",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Indo-Aryan: *mártas"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "मर्त",
"tr": "márta"
},
"expansion": "Sanskrit: मर्त (márta)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Sanskrit: मर्त (márta)"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ira-pro"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Iranian:",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Iranian:"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ae",
"2": "𐬨𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬙𐬀"
},
"expansion": "Avestan: 𐬨𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬙𐬀 (mar^əta)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Avestan: 𐬨𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬙𐬀 (mar^əta)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "*m(o)r-bʰ(h₂)-o- (“looking like death?”)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "itc-pro",
"alt": "*morfos"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Italic: *morfos",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Italic: *morfos"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "morbus",
"t": "disease"
},
"expansion": "Latin: morbus (“disease”)",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "Latin: morbus (“disease”) (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sqj-pro",
"2": "*merusa"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Albanian: *merusa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Albanian: *merusa"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sq",
"2": "mërshë",
"t": "rotting corpse"
},
"expansion": "Albanian: mërshë (“rotting corpse”)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Albanian: mërshë (“rotting corpse”)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ira-pro",
"2": ""
},
"expansion": "Proto-Iranian:",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Iranian:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hac",
"2": "مەردەی",
"tr": "marday"
},
"expansion": "Gurani: مەردەی (marday)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Gurani: مەردەی (marday)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "kho",
"tr": "mär-"
},
"expansion": "Khotanese: [script needed] (mär-)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Khotanese: [script needed] (mär-)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "Kurdish:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "kmr",
"2": "mirin"
},
"expansion": "Northern Kurdish: mirin",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Northern Kurdish: mirin"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ckb",
"2": "مردن"
},
"expansion": "Central Kurdish: مردن (mirdin)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Central Kurdish: مردن (mirdin)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sdh",
"2": "مردن"
},
"expansion": "Southern Kurdish: مردن (mirdin)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Southern Kurdish: مردن (mirdin)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lki",
"2": "مردن"
},
"expansion": "Laki: مردن (mirdin)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Laki: مردن (mirdin)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "peo",
"ts": "mar-"
},
"expansion": "Old Persian: [Term?] (/mar-/)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old Persian: [Term?] (/mar-/)"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pal",
"tr": "myr",
"ts": "mīr-"
},
"expansion": "Middle Persian: [script needed] (myr /mīr-/)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Middle Persian: [script needed] (myr /mīr-/)"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "مردن",
"tr": "mordan"
},
"expansion": "Persian: مردن (mordan)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Persian: مردن (mordan)"
},
{
"depth": 5,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "tg",
"2": "мурдан"
},
"expansion": "Tajik: мурдан (murdan)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Tajik: мурдан (murdan)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "xpr",
"ts": "myr"
},
"expansion": "Parthian: [Term?] (/myr/)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Parthian: [Term?] (/myr/)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zza",
"2": "merden"
},
"expansion": "Zazaki: merden",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Zazaki: merden"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "iir-pro",
"2": ""
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian:",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Indo-Iranian:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "inc-pro",
"2": ""
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-Aryan:",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Indo-Aryan:"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "मृ"
},
"expansion": "Sanskrit: मृ (mṛ)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Sanskrit: मृ (mṛ)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ira-pro",
"2": ""
},
"expansion": "Proto-Iranian:",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Iranian:"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ae-yng",
"2": "𐬨𐬀𐬭-"
},
"expansion": "Younger Avestan: 𐬨𐬀𐬭- (mar-)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Younger Avestan: 𐬨𐬀𐬭- (mar-)"
}
],
"lang": "Proto-Indo-European",
"lang_code": "ine-pro",
"original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/mer-",
"pos": "root",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"ine-pro:Death"
],
"glosses": [
"to die"
],
"links": [
[
"die",
"die"
]
],
"senseid": [
"ine-pro:die"
],
"tags": [
"morpheme",
"perfective",
"reconstruction"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to disappear"
],
"links": [
[
"disappear",
"disappear"
]
],
"senseid": [
"ine-pro:disappear"
],
"tags": [
"morpheme",
"perfective",
"reconstruction"
]
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Brill Publishers",
"Helmut Rix",
"Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben",
"Rick Derksen"
],
"word": "mer-"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Proto-Indo-European ReR-shaped roots",
"Proto-Indo-European entries with incorrect language header",
"Proto-Indo-European homonymic roots",
"Proto-Indo-European lemmas",
"Proto-Indo-European perfective roots",
"Proto-Indo-European roots"
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "*mór-i (“sea,wetland”)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "*mreg-"
}
],
"lang": "Proto-Indo-European",
"lang_code": "ine-pro",
"original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/mer-",
"pos": "root",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"sea, lake, wetland"
],
"links": [
[
"sea",
"sea"
],
[
"lake",
"lake"
],
[
"wetland",
"wetland"
]
],
"senseid": [
"ine-pro:sea"
],
"tags": [
"morpheme",
"reconstruction"
]
}
],
"word": "mer-"
}
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