Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bakaburdaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From *baką +‎ *burdaz, a variant of Proto-Germanic *burdą (“board”). So named as the steersman's back is toward this side of the vessel when facing the fore.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbɑ.kɑ.ˌbur.ðɑz/

Noun

*bakaburdaz m

The larboard side of a ship, backboard.

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *bakaburdaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*bakaburdaz	bakaburdōz, bakaburdōs
vocative	*bakaburd	bakaburdōz, bakaburdōs
accusative	*bakaburdą	*bakaburdanz
genitive	bakaburdas, bakaburdis	*bakaburdǫ̂
dative	*bakaburdai	*bakaburdamaz
instrumental	*bakaburdō	*bakaburdamiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *bakabord
- Old English: bæcbord
  - Middle English: *bakbord (unattested in Middle English)
    - English: backboard (possibly reborrowed from Low German or Dutch)
    - Scots: backburd
- Old Saxon: *bakbord
  - Middle Low German: backbort, bakbōrt
    - German Low German: Backboord
    - → Saterland Frisian: Bakboud
    - → West Frisian: bakboard
    - → Middle Dutch: *bakbord
      - Dutch: bakboord
      - → Middle French: babort
        → French: bâbord
        → Italian: babordo
        → Spanish: babor
        → Portuguese: babordo, bombordo
        → Scots: baburd, babord
    - → German: Backbord
Old Norse: bakborð; bakborði
- Icelandic: bakborði
- Faroese: bakborð
- Norwegian: bakbord
- Swedish: babord
- Danish: bagbord