Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bebruz

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

• *beburaz

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰébʰrus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbe.βruz/

Noun

*bebruz m

1. beaver

Inflection

u-stemDeclension of *bebruz (u-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*bebruz	*bibriwiz
vocative	*bebru	*bibriwiz
accusative	*bebrų	*bebrunz
genitive	*bebrauz	*bibriwǫ̂
dative	*bibriwi	*bebrumaz
instrumental	*bebrū	*bebrumiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *bebru
  • Old English: befer, beofor, byfor, bebr, bebir, beber, befor, beofer, beuer
    • Middle English: bever, beauver, beever, befer, beofer, beuver, bevere, bevre, bevyr, bevyre, bewer, byvre
      • English: beaver
      • Scots: bever, baiver
      • → Irish: béabhar
  • Old Frisian: *bever
    • North Frisian: biiber (or from German?)
    • West Frisian: bever
  • Old Saxon: biƀar, biƀor
    • Middle Low German: bēver
      • Low German: Bever
      • Plautdietsch: Bieba (or from German?)
      • → Faroese: bævur
      • → Norwegian:
        • Norwegian Bokmål: bever
        • Norwegian Nynorsk: bever
      • → Old Swedish: bæver
        • Swedish: bäver
      • → Old Danish: biauær
        • Danish: bæver
        • → Icelandic: bifur
      • → Elfdalian: bäver
      • → Gutnish: bävar
  • Old Dutch: *bevar
    • Middle Dutch: bēver
      • Dutch: bever
        • Afrikaans: bewer
      • Limburgish: baever
  • Old High German: bibar, bibur
    • Middle High German: biber
      • German: Biber
        • → Luxembourgish: Biber
      • Hunsrik: Biver
      • Yiddish: ביבער (biber)
  • → Old French: bievre (see there for further descendants)
• Old Norse: bjórr
  • Icelandic: bjór
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bjor
  • Elfdalian: biuor
  • Old Swedish: biūr
    • Swedish: bjur (obsolete)
  • Old Danish: biūr, bifær
    • Danish: byr (obsolete)