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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/merža

This Proto-Slavic 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-Slavic

Etymology

Compare Ancient Greek μέρμις (mérmis, “rope, cord”), Latvian mer̂ga, and possibly Lithuanian márška (“fishing net”).[1]

Noun

*mèrža f[2][3]

  1. net

Declension

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Descendants
  • East Slavic:
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “мережа”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. & suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress

References
  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959), “2084”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 2084
  2. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*mèrža”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 308: “f. jā (a) ‘net’”
  3. Olander, Thomas (2001), “meržja”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (SA 155)”
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