"mer-" meaning in Proto-Indo-European

See mer- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Root

  1. to die Tags: morpheme, perfective, reconstruction
    Sense id: en-mer--ine-pro-root-ine_pro:die
  2. to disappear Tags: morpheme, perfective, reconstruction
    Sense id: en-mer--ine-pro-root-ine_pro:disappear

Root

  1. sea, lake, wetland Tags: morpheme, reconstruction
    Sense id: en-mer--ine-pro-root-ine_pro:sea Categories (other): Proto-Indo-European ReR-shaped roots, Proto-Indo-European entries with incorrect language header, Proto-Indo-European homonymic roots, Proto-Indo-European perfective roots, Proto-Indo-European roots Disambiguation of Proto-Indo-European ReR-shaped roots: 0 38 62 Disambiguation of Proto-Indo-European entries with incorrect language header: 0 24 76 Disambiguation of Proto-Indo-European homonymic roots: 0 9 91 Disambiguation of Proto-Indo-European perfective roots: 0 9 91 Disambiguation of Proto-Indo-European roots: 0 9 91
{
  "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-"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Indo-European",
  "lang_code": "ine-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/mer-",
  "pos": "root",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 38 62",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Indo-European ReR-shaped roots",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 24 76",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Indo-European entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 9 91",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Indo-European homonymic roots",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 9 91",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Indo-European perfective roots",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 9 91",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Indo-European roots",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sea, lake, wetland"
      ],
      "id": "en-mer--ine-pro-root-ine_pro:sea",
      "links": [
        [
          "sea",
          "sea"
        ],
        [
          "lake",
          "lake"
        ],
        [
          "wetland",
          "wetland"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "ine-pro:sea"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "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": "*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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