Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/marikiz

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

Alternative forms

• *marikuz, *marikaz, *marikô

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑ.ri.kiz/

Noun

*marikiz m

1. a type of waterplant
2. celery
3. parsley

Inflection

i-stemDeclension of *marikiz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*marikiz	*marikīz
vocative	*mariki	*marikīz
accusative	*marikį	*marikinz
genitive	*marikīz	*marikijǫ̂
dative	*marikī	*marikimaz
instrumental	*marikī	*marikimiz

Descendants

• Old English: meriċi, mereċe, mearċe, merċe
  • Middle English: merche, marche
  • ⇒ Old English: wudumerċe, wudemerċe
    • Middle English: wudemerch, wodemarch
      • English: woodmarch
• Old Saxon: *meriki, *merik
  • Middle Low German: merk
• Old High German: merk, merc
  • Middle High German: *merk
    • German: Merk
• Old Norse: merki