Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/berhtaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Pre-Germanic *bʰer(H)ǵtos, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵ- (“to shine”). Cognate with Proto-Celtic *berxtos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈberx.tɑz/

Adjective

*berhtaz

1. bright, shining

Inflection

Declension of *berhtaz (a-stem)

Strong declension
Case	Masculine		Feminine		Neuter
	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*berhtaz	*berhtai	*berhtō	*berhtôz	*berhtą, -atō	*berhtō
Accusative	*berhtanǭ	*berhtanz	*berhtǭ	*berhtōz	*berhtą, -atō	*berhtō
Genitive	*berhtas, -is	*berhtaizǫ̂	*berhtaizōz	*berhtaizǫ̂	*berhtas, -is	*berhtaizǫ̂
Dative	*berhtammai	*berhtaimaz	*berhtaizōi	*berhtaimaz	*berhtammai	*berhtaimaz
Instrumental	*berhtanō	*berhtaimiz	*berhtaizō	*berhtaimiz	*berhtanō	*berhtaimiz
Weak declension
Case	Masculine		Feminine		Neuter
	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*berhtô	*berhtaniz	*berhtǭ	*berhtōniz	*berhtô	*berhtōnō
Accusative	*berhtanų	*berhtanunz	*berhtōnų	*berhtōnunz	*berhtô	*berhtōnō
Genitive	*berhtiniz	*berhtanǫ̂	*berhtōniz	*berhtōnǫ̂	*berhtiniz	*berhtanǫ̂
Dative	*berhtini	*berhtammaz	*berhtōni	*berhtōmaz	*berhtini	*berhtammaz
Instrumental	*berhtinē	*berhtammiz	*berhtōnē	*berhtōmiz	*berhtinē	*berhtammiz

Derived terms

• *Harjaberhtaz
  • Lombardic: Aripert
• *Berhtaharjaz
  • Lombardic: Perctarit
• *birhtį̄
• *birhtijaną
• *berhtalīkaz
• *Hrōþiberhtaz
• *Þeudōberhtaz
• *Raginaberhtaz
  • Lombardic: Raginpert

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *berht
  • Old English: beorht, berht — Mercian; bryht, byrht
    • Middle English: briht, briȝt, bright
      • English: bright
        • → Icelandic: bræt
      • Geordie English: breet
      • Scots: bricht
  • Old Saxon: berht, beraht
    • ⇒ Middle Low German: brecht m (“shine, brightness, glory”, noun)
  • Old Dutch: *berht
    • ⇒ Old Dutch: filoberht (“very bright”)
    • ⇒ Middle Dutch: onbrecht, ombrecht (“unclear”)
    • ⇒ Middle Dutch: Brecht, Brechta, Bert, Berte (personal names)
      • Dutch: Brecht, Bert
  • Old High German: beraht, peraht
    • ⇒ Old High German: giberaht
      • Middle High German: gebërht
    • Middle High German: bërht
      • ⇒ German: Bert, Bert-, -bert, -brecht (in personal names)
• Old Norse: bjartr
  • Icelandic: bjartur
  • Faroese: bjartur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bjart
  • Old Swedish: biærter
    • Swedish: bjärt
  • Danish: bjært, bært
• Gothic: 𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌷𐍄𐍃 (bairhts)