Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/baʀi

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bazją.

Noun

*baʀi n

berry

Inflection

Neuter ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*baʀi
Genitive	*baʀjas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*baʀi	*baʀju
Accusative	*baʀi	*baʀju
Genitive	*baʀjas	*baʀjō
Dative	*baʀjē	*baʀjum
Instrumental	*baʀju	*baʀjum

Alternative forms

*basi

Descendants

Old English: berige, berie, berġe
- Middle English: berye, berȝe, berie, bery, byry, beriye
  - English: berry
  - Scots: berie, bery, berrie, berry
Old Frisian: *berie
- Saterland Frisian: Bäie
- West Frisian: bei (possibly from Dutch, ultimately from Old French and bāca)
Old Saxon: beri
- Middle Low German: bere
  - Low German: Beer
  - Plautdietsch: Bäa
Old Dutch: *beri
- Middle Dutch: bere
  - Dutch: bère, bèr (dialectal)
  - West Flemish: beier
Old High German: beri
- Middle High German: ber
  - Alemannic German: Berri
  - German: Beere
  - Hunsrik: Beer
  - Luxembourgish: Bier
  - Rhine Franconian:
    Pennsylvania German: Beer
  - Vilamovian: bjēr