Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/mr̥tás

This Proto-Indo-Iranian 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-Indo-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *mr̥tós.

Verb

*mr̥tás

1. past participle of *márti (“to die”)

Adjective

*mr̥tás

1. dead
2. mortal

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *mr̥tás
  • Sanskrit: मृत (mṛtá) (see there for further descendants)
  • ⇒ Sanskrit: मर्त (márta, “mortal, man”)
• Proto-Iranian: *mr̥táh
  • Avestan: 𐬨𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬙𐬀 (mər^əta, “dead”)
  • Kurdish:
    • Northern Kurdish: mêr (“man”), Northern Kurdish: mirî (“dead”)
  • Old Persian: 𐎶𐎼𐎫𐎡𐎹 (m-r-t-i-y, “man”)
    • Middle Persian: mlt' (mard)
      • Persian: مرد (mard)
        • → Azerbaijani: mərd
        • → Bengali: মরদ (morod)
        • → Hindustani:

          Hindi: मर्द (mard)

          Urdu: مرد (mard)

        • → Ottoman Turkish: مرد (merd, mert)
          • Turkish: mert
        • → Punjabi:

          Gurmukhi script: ਮਰਦ (marad)

          Shahmukhi script: مرد (mard)

        • → Uyghur: مەرت (mert)
        • → Uzbek: mard
  • Persian: مرده (morde, “dead”)
  • → Proto-Finnic: *mardas (“dead”) (see there for further descendants)
  • → Proto-Finno-Permic: *mertä (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Nuristani: *mritá
  • Northern Nuristani:
    • Kamkata-viri:

      Kamviri: mřë́

      Kativiri: mřë́

    • Prasuni: mo-
  • Southern Nuristani:
    • Ashkun: mřë́
    • Waigali: mňo-