*marþuz

Runic: ᛗᚨᚱᚦᚢᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈmɑr.θuz/

noun · masculine · u-stem

Meanings

marten

Etymology

Unknown. The original meaning could have been "bride," which could be related to Latin mas (‘male bride’), Lithuanian marti (‘daughter-in-law’), and possibly Crimean Gothic marzu (‘marriage’). For similar semantic development, compare Greek νυφίτσα (nyfítsa, ‘weasel’), from a diminutive of νύφη (nýfi, ‘bride’); Italian donnola (‘weasel’), from a diminutive of donna (‘woman’); and Spanish comadreja (‘weasel’), from a deprecative diminutive of Spanish comadre (‘mother of one's godchild’). Or, possibly of substrate origin.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.marþuzmarþiwiz
Acc.marþųmarþunz
Gen.marþauzmarþiwǫ̂
Dat.marþiwimarþumaz
Inst.marþūmarþumiz
Voc.marþumarþiwiz

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Descendants

  • *marþ (Proto-West Germanic)
    • martes (Medieval Latin)
    • mearþ, mearth, mærþ, merþ (Old English)
  • *marþ (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *mard (Old Dutch)
      • mārt (Middle Dutch)
  • *marþ (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *merth (Old Frisian)
      • murd (West Frisian)
  • *marþ (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *mard (Old High German)
      • mard (Middle High German)
  • *marþ (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *marth (Old Saxon)
      • mārt, mārte (Middle Low German)
  • mǫrðr (Old Norse)
    • mørður (Faroese)
    • mörður (Icelandic)
    • mord, mår, mard (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  • mǫrðr (Old Norse)
    • mår (Danish)
      • mår (Norwegian Bokmål)
  • mǫrðr (Old Norse)
    • mārþer (Old Swedish)
      • mård (Swedish)
  • *mārttë (Proto-Samic)

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