Proto-Germanic
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Alternative forms
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Etymology
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From Proto-Indo-European *bʰébʰrus.
Pronunciation
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*bebruz m
- beaver
Inflection
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u-stemDeclension of *bebruz (u-stem)
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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*bebruz
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*bibriwiz
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vocative
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*bebru
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*bibriwiz
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accusative
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*bebrų
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*bebrunz
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genitive
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*bebrauz
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*bibriwǫ̂
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dative
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*bibriwi
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*bebrumaz
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instrumental
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*bebrū
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*bebrumiz
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Descendants
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- 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
- Old Frisian: *bever
- North Frisian: biiber (or from German?)
- West Frisian: bever
- Old Saxon: biƀar, biƀor
- Old Dutch: *bevar
- Old High German: bibar, bibur
- Middle High German: biber
- → Old French: bievre (see there for further descendants)
- Old Norse: bjórr
References
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- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*bebura-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 56