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 Norse: barð n (< *barðą)
- Crimean Gothic: bars
References[edit]
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*bardaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 36