Etymograph

English

murth

Murth comes from Old English morþ ‘death, destruction, homicide, murder’, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥tós ‘dead’, and ultimately from *mer- ‘to die’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*mer-‘to die’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*mr̥tós‘dead’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*murþą‘death, murder’reconstructed
  4. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*morþreconstructed
  5. Old Englishc. 450–1150morþ‘death, destruction, homicide, murder’
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500murth
  7. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*mer-‘to die’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*mr̥tós‘dead’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*murþą‘death, murder’reconstructed
  4. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*morþreconstructed
  5. Old Englishc. 450–1150morþ‘death, destruction, homicide, murder’
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500murth
  7. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *mer- ‘to die’

remember, march, marine, murder, nightmare, mere, maritime, marsh, mortality, mare, mortal, mortar, mara, moor, morbid, morn, muller, mortuary, mort, marinate, moribund, marinara, maar, cormorant, 60 more

through Proto-Indo-European *mr̥tós ‘dead’

ambrosia, 2 more

Today it means

noun murder; slaughter.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *mer- / murth

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