Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bergō
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editFrom *berganą (“to preserve, to keep”) + *-ō.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit*bergō f[1]
Inflection
editō-stemDeclension of *bergō (ō-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *bergō | *bergôz | |
vocative | *bergō | *bergôz | |
accusative | *bergǭ | *bergōz | |
genitive | *bergōz | *bergǫ̂ | |
dative | *bergōi | *bergōmaz | |
instrumental | *bergō | *bergōmiz |
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Proto-West Germanic: *bergu
- Old Norse: bjǫrg
- Icelandic: björg
- → Proto-Samic: *pierkō (see there for further descendants)
References
edit- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*bergō”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 42