Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bardalaus

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From *bard (“beard”) +‎ *-laus.

Adjective

*bardalaus

1. beardless

   Synonyms: *unbardaht, *unbarduht, *ungabardi

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*bardalaus
Genitive	*bardalausas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*bardalaus	*bardalausu	*bardalaus
Accusative	*bardalausanā	*bardalausā	*bardalaus
Genitive	*bardalausas	*bardalauseʀā	*bardalausas
Dative	*bardalausumē	*bardalauseʀē	*bardalausumē
Instrumental	*bardalausu	*bardalauseʀu	*bardalausu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*bardalausē	*bardalausō	*bardalausu
Accusative	*bardalausā	*bardalausā	*bardalausu
Genitive	*bardalauseʀō	*bardalauseʀō	*bardalauseʀō
Dative	*bardalausēm, *bardalausum	*bardalausēm, *bardalausum	*bardalausēm, *bardalausum
Instrumental	*bardalausēm, *bardalausum	*bardalausēm, *bardalausum	*bardalausēm, *bardalausum

Descendants

• Old English: beardlēas
  • Middle English: berdles, beerdles, berdeles, berdlese, berdless
    • English: beardless
    • Scots: beardless
• Old Frisian: *berdlās
  • Saterland Frisian: boartloos
  • West Frisian: burdleas
• Old Saxon: *bardlōs
  • Middle Low German: bārtlôs
    • German Low German: baartloos
• Old Dutch: *bardlōs
  • Middle Dutch: *baerdloos, *baertloos
    • Dutch: baardloos, baardeloos (likely a new construction)
• Old High German: *bartlōs
  • Middle High German: bartlōs
    • German: bartlos