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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bēriz
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Vṛddhi gerundive of *beraną (“to bear”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɛː.riz/
Adjective
*bēriz
- bearable, fruitful, viable
- pertaining to bearing, carrying
Inflection
Declension of *bēriz (i-stem)
| strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | *bēriz | *bērijai | *bērī | *bērijôz | *bērį, *-jatō | *bērijō |
| accusative | *bērijanǭ | *bērijanz | *bērijǭ | *bērijōz | *bērį, *-jatō | *bērijō |
| genitive | *bērijas, *bērīs | *bērijaizǫ̂ | *bērijaizōz | *bērijaizǫ̂ | *bērijas, *bērīs | *bērijaizǫ̂ |
| dative | *bērijammai | *bērijaimaz | *bērijaizōi | *bērijaimaz | *bērijammai | *bērijaimaz |
| instrumental | *bērijanō | *bērijaimiz | *bērijaizō | *bērijaimiz | *bērijanō | *bērijaimiz |
| weak declension | ||||||
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | *bērijô | *bērijaniz | *bērijǭ | *bērijōniz | *bērijô | *bērijōnō |
| accusative | *bērijanų | *bērijanunz | *bērijōnų | *bērijōnunz | *bērijô | *bērijōnō |
| genitive | *bērīniz | *bērijanǫ̂ | *bērijōniz | *bērijōnǫ̂ | *bērīniz | *bērijanǫ̂ |
| dative | *bērīni | *bērijammaz | *bērijōni | *bērijōmaz | *bērīni | *bērijammaz |
| instrumental | *bērīnē | *bērijammiz | *bērijōnē | *bērijōmiz | *bērīnē | *bērijammiz |
Descendants
Often found in compounds or as a suffix.
- Old English: -bǣre
- Middle English: -bere
- (English: -bearing)
- Middle English: -bere
- Old Frisian: *bāre, -bēre, -bēr
- Saterland Frisian: -boar
- West Frisian: -ber
- Old Saxon: -bāri
- Middle Low German: -bār(e), -bēr(e)
- Low German: -bor
- → Swedish: -bar
- → Norwegian: -bar
- Middle Low German: -bār(e), -bēr(e)
- Old Dutch: *-bāri
- Middle Dutch: -baer
- Dutch: -baar
- Middle Dutch: -baer
- Old High German: -bāri
- Middle High German: -bære (adverb -bāre, Central German also adjectivally)
- German: -bar
- Middle High German: -bære (adverb -bāre, Central German also adjectivally)
- Old Norse: bærr, -bærr
- Icelandic: bær, -bær
- Old Swedish: -bǣr
- Westrobothnian: -ber (bärän?)
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN