Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/berg
Proto-West Germanic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *bergaz.
Noun edit
*berg m[1]
Inflection edit
Masculine a-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *berg | |
Genitive | *bergas | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *berg | *bergō, *bergōs |
Accusative | *berg | *bergā |
Genitive | *bergas | *bergō |
Dative | *bergē | *bergum |
Instrumental | *bergu | *bergum |
Descendants edit
- Old English: beorg, berg
- Old Frisian: berch
- Old Saxon: berg, berag
- Old Dutch: berg
- Old High German: berg
References edit
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 182: “PWGmc *berg”