Proto-IE: *(s)merk-
Meaning: to damage, to destroy
Hittite: {mark- 'zerschneiden' - source?}
Old Indian: marcáyati `to hurt, injure, annoy', ptc. mr̥ktá-; mŕ̥c- f. `threatening, injury'
Avestan: mahrka- `Tod, Verderben', mǝrǝxš `Verderben, Zerstörung'; mǝrǝnčaiti `versehrt, zerstört'
Armenian: morčh `jung, zart'
Latin: murcus, -a `verstümmelt', mūrcidus, -a `träge'
Russ. meaning: повреждать, уничтожать
References: WP II 276 f
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