Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/buriz

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 1

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear, carry, bring”).

Noun

*buriz m

male offspring; son

Inflection

i-stemDeclension of *buriz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*buriz	*burīz
vocative	*buri	*burīz
accusative	*burį	*burinz
genitive	*burīz	*burjǫ̂
dative	*burī	*burimaz
instrumental	*burī	*burimiz

Related terms

*barną

Descendants

Old English: byre
Old Norse: burr
- Icelandic: bur
Gothic: 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂 (baur)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear, carry, bring”).

Noun

*buriz f

elevation; hill

Inflection

i-stemDeclension of *buriz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*buriz	*burīz
vocative	*buri	*burīz
accusative	*burį	*burinz
genitive	*burīz	*burjǫ̂
dative	*burī	*burimaz
instrumental	*burī	*burimiz

Related terms

*burjaną
*burjōną

Descendants

Old English: byre
Old High German: bur, pur, bor; burī
- Middle High German: bor; büre
  - German: Bor
  - Alemannic: Büri

Etymology 3

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear, carry, bring”).

Noun

*buriz m

favourable wind

Inflection

i-stemDeclension of *buriz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*buriz	*burīz
vocative	*buri	*burīz
accusative	*burį	*burinz
genitive	*burīz	*burjǫ̂
dative	*burī	*burimaz
instrumental	*burī	*burimiz

Descendants

Old English: byre; (ġebyre?; ambyre?)
Old Frisian: *bure
- West Frisian: bur
Old Saxon: *buri
- Middle Low German: bore (in derivative: borelōs)
Old Norse: byrr
- Icelandic: byr
- Faroese: byrur
- Norwegian: bør
- Old Swedish: byr, bør
  - Swedish: bör
- Danish: bør
- Westrobothnian: bör-, Bör-
- Middle English: bür, byrre, bir
  - Scots: bir, ber, beir, bere, bur, burr
  - English: birr