Re: [tied] Root of "marten," "sable"

> > Perhaps there is an affinity of marten/ Mår(Norwegian)/
> > Marder (German) with murder/ mörthr (Norse)/ maurthr
> > (Gothic, and a PIE root of *mrt (die/death).
>
> ON <mo,rðr> 'marten' goes with OE <mearþ>, from *marðuz --
> OHG <mardar>, <marder>, <mardur> seems to represent an
> extended form -- not with <murder>, Gothic <maurþr>, and OE
> <morðor>. Did you mean ON <morð> 'murder, death' (OE
> <morð>, OSax <morth>, OHG <mord>)?
>
> Brian

Yes, sorry about that. I'd actually noted how akin mörthr (meaning
marten) sounds to "murder."

But yes, the conection to death is what I'm asking about.