Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/harjabergu

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From *hari +‎ *bergu.

Noun

*harjabergu f

1. army camp, barracks
2. refuge, shelter

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*harjabergu
Genitive	*harjabergā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*harjabergu	*harjabergō
Accusative	*harjabergā	*harjabergā
Genitive	*harjabergā	*harjabergō
Dative	*harjabergē	*harjabergōm, *harjabergum
Instrumental	*harjabergu	*harjabergōm, *harjabergum

Derived terms

• *harjabergōn

Descendants

• Old English: herebeorg
  • Middle English: herberwe
    • English: harbor (see there for further descendants)
    • Scots: harbery, harbory, hairbour
• Old Frisian: hereberge, hiriberge
  • Saterland Frisian: Härbierge
  • West Frisian: herberch
• Old Saxon: heriberga
  • Middle Low German: herberge
    • Low German: Harbarge
    • → Old Norse: herbergi
      • Icelandic: herbergi
      • Faroese: herbergi
      • Norwegian: herberge
      • Swedish: härbärge
      • Danish: herberge, herberg
    • → Polabian: albargă
• Old Dutch: heribergo, hereberga, heribergi
  • Middle Dutch: herberghe
    • Dutch: herberg
• Old High German: heriberga
  • Middle High German: herberge
    • Alemannic German: Herbrig
    • German: Herberge
• → Medieval Latin: heribergo [8th c., Reichenau Glossary]
  • Old French: herberge, herberc, halberc [11th c., Alexis] (see there for further descendants)
  • → Medieval Latin: alberga [1081] (see there for further descendants)