Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bardaz
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰéh₂ (“beard”).[1]
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
editNoun
edit*bardaz m[2]
Inflection
editsingular | 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)
- *langabardaz
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