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      Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mārī
Proto-West Germanic
    
    Etymology 1
    
From Proto-Germanic *mērijaz.
Inflection
    
| ja-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *mārī | ||
| Genitive | *mārijas | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | 
| Nominative | *mārī | *māriju | *mārī | 
| Accusative | *mārijanā | *mārijā | *mārī | 
| Genitive | *mārijas | *mārijeʀā | *mārijas | 
| Dative | *mārijumē | *mārijeʀē | *mārijumē | 
| Instrumental | *māriju | *mārijeʀu | *māriju | 
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | 
| Nominative | *mārijē | *mārijō | *māriju | 
| Accusative | *mārijā | *mārijā | *māriju | 
| Genitive | *mārijeʀō | *mārijeʀō | *mārijeʀō | 
| Dative | *mārijēm, *mārijum | *mārijēm, *mārijum | *mārijēm, *mārijum | 
| Instrumental | *mārijēm, *mārijum | *mārijēm, *mārijum | *mārijēm, *mārijum | 
Derived terms
    
Descendants
    
Etymology 2
    
From Proto-Germanic *mēriją, related to Etymology 1 above.[2]
Inflection
    
| Neuter ja-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *mārī | |
| Genitive | *mārijas | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *mārī | *māriju | 
| Accusative | *mārī | *māriju | 
| Genitive | *mārijas | *mārijō | 
| Dative | *mārijē | *mārijum | 
| Instrumental | *māriju | *mārijum | 
Descendants
    
Etymology 3
    
From Proto-Germanic *mērį̄. Equivalent to *mārī (“famous”) + *-ī (abstract noun suffix).
Inflection
    
| īn-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *mārī | |
| Genitive | *mārīn | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *mārī | — | 
| Accusative | *mārīn | — | 
| Genitive | *mārīn | — | 
| Dative | *mārīn | — | 
| Instrumental | *mārīn | — | 
References
    
- Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 47: “PWGmc *mārī”
 - van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “mare1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
 
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