Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bardaz
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