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        <title type="main">Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *marzijaną</title>
        <author>Scott K. Shay</author>
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      <publicationStmt>
        <publisher>Wardja Press</publisher>
        <date when="2026-10-01"/>
        <idno type="URL">https://protogermanic.org/pgmc_marzijaną</idno>
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      <list type="cognates">
        <item xml:id="cog_hit_kaka" xml:lang="hit" type="cognate">
          <orth>[script needed]</orth>
          <form type="translit">
            <orth>kaka-</orth>
          </form>
          <def>tooth</def>
        </item>
        <item xml:id="cog_ine-x-proto_mers" xml:lang="ine-x-proto" type="etymon">
          <orth>*mers-</orth>
          <def>to annoy, disturb, neglect, forget, ignore</def>
        </item>
        <item xml:id="cog_lit_mirsti" xml:lang="lit" type="cognate">
          <orth>miršti</orth>
          <def>to forget, lose, become oblivious, die</def>
        </item>
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        <entry xml:id="pgmc_marzijana" type="verb" corresp="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/marzijaną">
          <form type="lemma">
            <orth>marzijaną</orth>
            <pron notation="ipa">ˈmɑr.zi.jɑ.nɑ̃</pron>
            <form type="runic">
              <orth>ᛗᚨᚱᛉᛁᛃᚨᚾᚨ</orth>
            </form>
          </form>
          <gramGrp>
            <pos>verb</pos>
            <gram type="class">Weak class 1</gram>
          </gramGrp>
          <sense n="1">
            <def>to disturb, hinder, impede</def>
          </sense>
          <sense n="2">
            <def>to forget, neglect</def>
          </sense>
          <etym>
            <seg type="p">Causative form of an unattested strong verb *mersaną, from Proto-Indo-European <mentioned xml:lang="ine-x-proto" target="#cog_ine-x-proto_mers"><ref target="#cog_ine-x-proto_mers">*mers-</ref></mentioned> (‘to annoy, disturb, neglect, forget, ignore’). Related to Hittite <mentioned xml:lang="hit" target="#cog_hit_kaka"><ref target="#cog_hit_kaka">[script needed]</ref></mentioned> (maršant-, ‘deceitful, false, duplicitous’), Lithuanian <mentioned xml:lang="lit" target="#cog_lit_mirsti"><ref target="#cog_lit_mirsti">miršti</ref></mentioned> (‘to forget, lose, become oblivious, die’), Armenian մոռանալ (moṙanal, ‘to forget, fail’).</seg>
          </etym>
          <re type="paradigm">
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p1 #sg">
              <orth>marzijō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p1 #sg">
              <orth>marzijaų</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p1 #sg">
              <orth>marzijai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p2 #sg">
              <orth>marzīsi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p2 #sg">
              <orth>marzijais</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p2 #sg">
              <orth>marzī</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p2 #sg">
              <orth>marzijasai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p2 #sg">
              <orth>marzijaisau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p3 #sg">
              <orth>marzīþi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p3 #sg">
              <orth>marzijai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p3 #sg">
              <orth>marzijaþau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p3 #sg">
              <orth>marzijaþai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p3 #sg">
              <orth>marzijaiþau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p1 #du">
              <orth>marzijōs</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p1 #du">
              <orth>marzijaiw</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p2 #du">
              <orth>marzijaþiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p2 #du">
              <orth>marzijaiþiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p2 #du">
              <orth>marzijaþiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p1 #pl">
              <orth>marzijamaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p1 #pl">
              <orth>marzijaim</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p1 #pl">
              <orth>marzijanþai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p1 #pl">
              <orth>marzijainþau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p2 #pl">
              <orth>marzīþ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p2 #pl">
              <orth>marzijaiþ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p2 #pl">
              <orth>marzīþ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p2 #pl">
              <orth>marzijanþai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p2 #pl">
              <orth>marzijainþau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p3 #pl">
              <orth>marzijanþi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p3 #pl">
              <orth>marzijain</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p3 #pl">
              <orth>marzijanþau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p3 #pl">
              <orth>marzijanþai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p3 #pl">
              <orth>marzijainþau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p1 #sg">
              <orth>marzidǭ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p1 #sg">
              <orth>marzidēdį̄</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p2 #sg">
              <orth>marzidēz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p2 #sg">
              <orth>marzidēdīz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p3 #sg">
              <orth>marzidē</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p3 #sg">
              <orth>marzidēdī</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p1 #du">
              <orth>marzidēdū</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p1 #du">
              <orth>marzidēdīw</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p2 #du">
              <orth>marzidēdudiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p2 #du">
              <orth>marzidēdīdiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p1 #pl">
              <orth>marzidēdum</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p1 #pl">
              <orth>marzidēdīm</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p2 #pl">
              <orth>marzidēdud</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p2 #pl">
              <orth>marzidēdīd</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p3 #pl">
              <orth>marzidēdun</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p3 #pl">
              <orth>marzidēdīn</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="participle" subtype="present">
              <orth>marzijandz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="participle" subtype="past">
              <orth>marzidaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="infinitive">
              <orth>marzijaną</orth>
            </form>
          </re>
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            <list>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*marʀijan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old French</lang>
                    <orth>marrir</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Frisian</lang>
                    <orth>mēra</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*marʀijan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Dutch</lang>
                    <orth>*merren</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Dutch</lang>
                      <orth>merren</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*marʀijan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old English</lang>
                    <orth>mierran, merran</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle English</lang>
                      <orth>merren</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>English</lang>
                        <orth>mar</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Scots</lang>
                        <orth>mer, mar</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*marʀijan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old High German</lang>
                    <orth>marrjan, marran, merran, merren</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle High German</lang>
                      <orth>merren</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>German</lang>
                        <orth>merren</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*marʀijan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Saxon</lang>
                    <orth>merrian</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Low German</lang>
                      <orth>merren</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>merja</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Faroese</lang>
                    <orth>merja</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Icelandic</lang>
                    <orth>merja</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Gothic</lang>
                  <orth>𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌶𐌾𐌰𐌽 (marzjan)</orth>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Catalan</lang>
                  <orth>marrar</orth>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Galician</lang>
                  <orth>marrar</orth>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Spanish</lang>
                  <orth>marrar</orth>
                </form>
              </item>
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