Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mortārī

This Proto-West Germanic 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-West Germanic

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mortārium (“mortar”).

Noun

*mortārī m

1. mortar

Inflection

Masculine ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*mortārī
Genitive	*mortārijas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*mortārī	*mortārijō, *mortārijōs
Accusative	*mortārī	*mortārijā
Genitive	*mortārijas	*mortārijō
Dative	*mortārijē	*mortārijum
Instrumental	*mortāriju	*mortārijum

Alternative reconstructions

• *mortālī, *morsārī, *morsālī

Descendants

• Old English: mortere
  • Middle English: morter, mortere, morteer, mortar, moorter (reenforced from Old French mortier)
    • English: mortar (see there for further descendants)
    • Scots: mortar
    • → Welsh: morter, mortar
• Old Saxon: *mortāri
  • Middle Low German: mōrtære, mōrtēr, mortēr, morter
• Old Dutch: *mortari, *mortali
  • Middle Dutch: moortere, moorter, morter, moortel, mortel
    • Dutch: mortel
      • Negerhollands: mortel
      • → Indonesian: mortél
• Old High German: mortāri, mortari
  • Middle High German: mortære, morter, mortel
    • German: Mörtel
      • → Danish: mørtel
      • → Icelandic: mortél
      • → Norwegian: mørtel