merzo

Old High German

Alternative forms

• marceo

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Mārtius.

Noun

merzo m

1. March

Declension

Declension of merzo (masculine n-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	merzo	merzon, merzun
accusative	merzon, merzun	merzon, merzun
genitive	merzen, merzin	merzōno
dative	merzen, merzin	merzōm, merzōn

Descendants

• Middle High German: merze, merz
  • Bavarian:
    • Cimbrian: mèertzo
    • Mòcheno: merz
  • German: März, Märze, Merz, Merze (obsolete)
    • → Estonian: märts
    • → Hebrew: מרץ (merts)
    • → Hunsrik: Merz
    • → Luxembourgish: Mäerz
  • Pennsylvania German: Marz, Matz, Maerz
  • Yiddish: מאַרץ (marts)
  • → Polish: marzec
    • →? Carpathian Rusyn: ма́рець (márecʹ)
    • →? Ukrainian: ма́рець (márecʹ)
  • → Old Slovak: marec
    • Pannonian Rusyn: марец (marec)
    • Slovak: marec

References

• Köbler, Gerhard (2014), “merzo”, in Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch‎ (in German), 6th edition