Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bermō
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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 edit
Etymology edit
Uncertain; possibly from Proto-Germanic *bermô, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰér-mō ~ *bʰr̥-mnés[1],[2] from *bʰer- (“to boil”) (compare with Latin fermentum (“fermentation; yeast”)) or *bʰrewh₁- (“to boil; to brew”), or perhaps from *gʷʰér-mō ~ *gʷʰr̥-mnés,[3] from *gʷʰer- (“warm, hot”).
Noun edit
*bermō m
Declension edit
| Masculine an-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *bermō | |
| Genitive | *birmini, *berman | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *bermō | *berman |
| Accusative | *berman | *berman |
| Genitive | *birmini, *berman | *bermanō |
| Dative | *birmini, *berman | *bermum |
| Instrumental | *birmini, *berman | *bermum |
Descendants edit
- Old English: beorma, beorm, bearm
- Old Frisian: berma
- Old Saxon: *bermo, *berma
- Old Dutch: *bermo; *berma
References edit
- ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1991) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Latin (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 2), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 255: “*bher-m-n-”
- ^ Boutkan, Dirk, Siebinga, Sjoerd (2005) Old Frisian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 1), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 60
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*krudda/ōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 306