Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bazją

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

Alternative forms

• *basją

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰes- (“to blow, chew, rub”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɑz.jɑ̃/

Noun

*bazją n

1. berry

Descendants

• Old English: berige
• Old Frisian: *berie
  • Saterland Frisian: Bäie
  • West Frisian: bei (possibly from Dutch, ultimately from Old French and Latin 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
    • Bavarian:

      Cimbrian: per

      Mòcheno: per

    • German: Beere
    • Hunsrik: Beer
    • Luxembourgish: Bier
    • Pennsylvania German: Beer
    • Vilamovian: bjēr
• Old Norse: ber
  • Icelandic: ber
  • Faroese: ber
  • Norwegian: bær
  • Old Swedish: bær
    • Swedish: bär
  • Danish: bær