Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/mári

This Proto-Balto-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-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

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

Noun

*mári n or f

1. sea

Inflection

Fixed accent.

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative reconstructions

• *marja, *marjāˀ

Descendants

• East Baltic:
  • Old Lithuanian: mãrės pl (“sea”)
    • Lithuanian: mãrios f pl (“sea”)
• West Baltic:
  • Old Prussian: marri f (“bay”)
  • Sudovian: mari (“bay”)
• Proto-Slavic: *mořè n (“sea”) (see there for further descendants)
• → Proto-Finnic: *meri (see there for further descendants)