Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/harjabergu
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
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From *harjaz (“army”) + *bergō (“protection, shelter, defense”).
Pronunciation
Noun
*harjabergu f
Inflection
neuter u-stemDeclension of *harjabergu (neuter u-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *harjabergu | *harjabergū | |
vocative | *harjabergu | *harjabergū | |
accusative | *harjabergu | *harjabergū | |
genitive | *harjabergauz | *harjabirgiwǫ̂ | |
dative | *harjabirgiwi | *harjabergumaz | |
instrumental | *harjabergū | *harjabergumiz |
Descendants
- Old English: herebeorg
- Old Frisian: herberge (in compounds)
- Old Saxon: heriberga
- Frankish: *hariberga, *heriberga; *heribergōn
- Old Dutch: heribergo, hereberga, heribergi
- → Old French: herberge
- ⇒ Old French: herbergier, herberger
- Middle French: hierbegier
- ⇒ Old French: herbergeor
- French: héberguer
- → Middle English: herbergeour
- English: harbinger
- ⇒ Old French: herbergier, herberger
- Old High German: heriberga
- Gothic: *𐌷𐌰𐍂𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌲𐌰 (*haribairga) (unattested, but plausibly the source of umlautless Romance forms with a-)
- → Medieval Latin: albergum, harbergum, haribergum