Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bērō

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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

*bēriz +‎ *-ō.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbɛː.rɔː/

Noun

*bērō f

that which bears or carries; stretcher, bier

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *bērō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*bērō	*bērôz
vocative	*bērō	*bērôz
accusative	*bērǭ	*bērōz
genitive	*bērōz	*bērǫ̂
dative	*bērōi	*bērōmaz
instrumental	*bērō	*bērōmiz

Related terms

*barō
*barwijǭ
*beraną

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *bāru
- Old English: bēr, bǣr
  - Middle English: bere, beere, beer
    - Scots: bere, beir
    - English: beer, bier
- Old Frisian: bēre
  - North Frisian: beer, baar
  - Saterland Frisian: Beere
  - West Frisian: berje, bier, baar
- Old Saxon: bāra
  - Middle Low German: bāre
    - German Low German: Bahr
- Old Dutch: *bāra
  - Middle Dutch: bâre
    - Dutch: baar
- Old High German: bāra
  - Middle High German: bāre
    - German: Bahre
  - → Italian: bara
- → Vulgar Latin: *bera
  - Old French: bere, biere
    - Middle French: biere
      - French: bière
  - Old Occitan: bera
Old Norse: bár, bára
- Danish: båre
- Faroese: bára
- Icelandic: bára
- Norwegian Bokmål: båre, bår
- Norwegian Nynorsk: båre
- Old Swedish: bār
  - Swedish: bår
- → Middle English: bare
  - English: bore
  - Scots: boar, bore
- Norman : barre