Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/baʀi

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bazją.

Noun

*baʀi n

1. berry

Inflection

Neuter ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*baʀi
Genitive	*baʀjas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*baʀi	*baʀju
Accusative	*baʀi	*baʀju
Genitive	*baʀjas	*baʀjō
Dative	*baʀjē	*baʀjum
Instrumental	*baʀju	*baʀjum

Alternative forms

• *basi

Descendants

• Old English: berġe, berie, beriġe
  • Middle English: berye, berȝe, berie, bery, byry, beriye
    • English: berry
    • Scots: berie, bery, berrie, berry
    • Yola: kraanberry
• Old Frisian: *berie
  • Saterland Frisian: Bäie
  • West Frisian: bei (possibly from Dutch, ultimately from Old French and bāca)
• Old Saxon: beri
  • Middle Low German: bere
    • German Low German: Beer
    • Plautdietsch: Bäa
• Old Dutch: *beri
  • Middle Dutch: bere
    • Dutch: bère, bèr (dialectal)
    • West Flemish: beier
• Old High German: beri
  • Middle High German: ber
    • Alemannic German: Berri
    • Bavarian:

      Cimbrian: per

      Mòcheno: per

    • German: Beere
    • Hunsrik: Beer
    • Luxembourgish: Bier
    • Pennsylvania German: Beer
    • Vilamovian: bjēr