Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bard
Proto-West Germanic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *bardaz.
Noun edit
*bard m[1]
Inflection edit
Masculine a-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *bard | |
Genitive | *bardas | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *bard | *bardō, *bardōs |
Accusative | *bard | *bardā |
Genitive | *bardas | *bardō |
Dative | *bardē | *bardum |
Instrumental | *bardu | *bardum |
Descendants edit
- Old English: beard
- Old Frisian: *bard, berd
- West Frisian: burd
- Old Saxon: bard
- Old Dutch: *bart
- Old High German: bart
References edit
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 180: “PWGmc *bard”