Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/bʰérǵʰs
Proto-Indo-European
editEtymology
editFrom *bʰerǵʰ- (“to rise up, be elevated”) + *-s (root nominal suffix).
Noun
edit*bʰérǵʰs f[1]
Inflection
editAthematic, amphikinetic | |||
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singular | |||
nominative | *bʰérǵʰs | ||
genitive | *bʰr̥ǵʰés | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative | *bʰérǵʰs | *bʰérǵʰh₁(e) | *bʰérǵʰes |
vocative | *bʰérǵʰ | *bʰérǵʰh₁(e) | *bʰérǵʰes |
accusative | *bʰérǵʰm̥ | *bʰérǵʰh₁(e) | *bʰérǵʰm̥s |
genitive | *bʰr̥ǵʰés | *? | *bʰr̥ǵʰóHom |
ablative | *bʰr̥ǵʰés | *? | *bʰr̥ǵʰmós |
dative | *bʰr̥ǵʰéy | *? | *bʰr̥ǵʰmós |
locative | *bʰérǵʰ, *bʰérǵʰi | *? | *bʰr̥ǵʰsú |
instrumental | *bʰr̥ǵʰéh₁ | *? | *bʰr̥ǵʰmís |
Descendants
edit- Proto-Celtic: *brixs, *brigā (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Germanic: *burgz (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Hellenic:
- >? Ancient Greek: πύργος (púrgos)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *bʰr̥ȷ́ʰás
Further reading
edit- Pokorny, Julius (1959) “bhereg̑h-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 140-141
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*brig-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 77
- Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*burg-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 85
References
edit- ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “*bherĝh- ~ *bhr̥ĝh-”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 269