Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bardaz
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Proto-Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰéh₂.
The change from a feminine first declension pattern to a masculine short a-stem is analogous; a more etymologically accurate descendant would be something like "bardō."
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]*bardaz m[1]
Inflection
[edit]masculine a-stemDeclension of *bardaz (masculine a-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *bardaz | *bardōz, *bardōs | |
vocative | *bard | *bardōz, *bardōs | |
accusative | *bardą | *bardanz | |
genitive | *bardas, *bardis | *bardǫ̂ | |
dative | *bardai | *bardamaz | |
instrumental | *bardō | *bardamiz |
Derived terms
[edit]- *bardalausaz
- *bardǭ, *bardō (perhaps)
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-West Germanic: *bard
- Old English: beard
- Old Frisian: *bard, berd
- West Frisian: burd
- Old Saxon: bard
- Old Dutch: *bart
- Old High German: bart
- Old Norse: barð n (< *barðą)
- Crimean Gothic: bars
References
[edit]- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*bardaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 36