mërshë
Albanian
noun
Definitions
- rotting corpse, carrion
- flab
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Albanian *merusa inherited from Proto-Indo-European *mer- (die, rub, wear away, sea, gleam, sparkle, pound, glimmer, weave, pack, bind, plait, girl, young boy) derived from Macedonian мрша derived from Bulgarian мърша (dying, depleted).
Origin
Bulgarian
мърша
Gloss
dying, depleted
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ambrosia English
- antemortem English
- daymare English
- immortally English
- morbidity English
- morbidly English
- morbidness English
- mortality English
- mortgage English
- mortify English
- mortmain English
- mortuary English
- murderous English
- murrain English
- perimortem English
- postmortem English
- premortem English
- *moriō Latin
- commorior Latin
- demorior Latin
- emorior Latin
- immortālis Latin
- immortālitās Latin
- merus Latin
- morbidus Latin
- morbus Latin
- moribundus Latin
- morior Latin
- morior, morī Latin
- mortālis Latin
- morī Latin
- post Latin
- praemorior Latin
- rememorari Latin
- ēmori Latin
- mort French
- μάρμαρος Ancient Greek
- μαρμαίρω Ancient Greek
- μαρτιχόρας Ancient Greek
- *(s)mer- Proto-Indo-European
- *mer- Proto-Indo-European
- *mer-, *mr̥- Proto-Indo-European
- *mor- Proto-Indo-European
- *mrtro- Proto-Indo-European
- *mr̥tro- Proto-Indo-European
- *mr̥twós Proto-Indo-European
- *mr̥tós Proto-Indo-European
- *mr̥wós Proto-Indo-European
- *maimrōną Proto-Germanic
- *mairōną Proto-Germanic
- *mari Proto-Germanic
- *marǭ Proto-Germanic
- *murþą Proto-Germanic
- *mīmrōną Proto-Germanic
- *nihtmare Old English
- मरते Sanskrit
- मारयति Sanskrit
- मृ Sanskrit
- मृत Sanskrit
- mortally Middle English
- morðari Old Norse
- *merti Proto-Slavic
- *morъ Proto-Slavic
- *sъmьrtь Proto-Slavic
- *umerti Proto-Slavic
- *umerti, *merti Proto-Slavic
- *umirati Proto-Slavic
- mor Czech
- مرده Persian
- մարի Old Armenian
- marb Old Irish
- marbh Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- marbhan Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- мра Bulgarian
- мърша Bulgarian
- мършав Bulgarian
- мрша Macedonian
- *mr̥tyúš Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *márti Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *mártyas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- umrieť Slovak
- *morjōr Proto-Italic
- мьръша Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- YMYTWNtn' Middle Persian
- 𑀫𑀸𑀭𑁂𑀇 Maharastri Prakrit
- *merusa Proto-Albanian
- mirin Kurdish