*murþrą

Runic: ᛗᚢᚱᚦᚱᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈmur.θrɑ̃/

noun · neuter · a-stem

Meanings

murder

Etymology

From Pre-Germanic *mŕ̥trom, an instrumental formation to Proto-Indo-European *mer- (‘to die’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.murþrąmurþrō
Acc.murþrąmurþrō
Gen.murþras, murþrismurþrǫ̂
Dat.murþraimurþramaz
Inst.murþrōmurþramiz
Voc.murþrąmurþrō

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Descendants

  • *morþr (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *morthor, mordor (Old Dutch)
    • mordor (Old High German)
  • *morþr (Proto-West Germanic)
    • murdrum (Medieval Latin)
      • murdre, mordre, murtre (Old French)
        • meurtre (Middle French)
          • meurtre (French)
  • *morþr (Proto-West Germanic)
    • morþor (Old English)
      • morther, murther, murthre, mourdre, mudre, murder (Middle English)
        • murther, murder (English)
        • murther, morther, murder (Scots)
  • *murþr (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *morthor, mordor (Old Dutch)
    • mordor (Old High German)
  • *murþr (Proto-West Germanic)
    • murdrum (Medieval Latin)
      • murdre, mordre, murtre (Old French)
        • meurtre (Middle French)
          • meurtre (French)
  • *murþr (Proto-West Germanic)
    • morþor (Old English)
      • morther, murther, murthre, mourdre, mudre, murder (Middle English)
        • murther, murder (English)
        • murther, morther, murder (Scots)
  • 𐌼𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌸𐍂 (maurþr) (Gothic)

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