Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/beuʀ
Proto-West Germanic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *beuzą.
Noun edit
*beuʀ n[1]
Inflection edit
Neuter a-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *beuʀ | |
Genitive | *beuʀas | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *beuʀ | *beuʀu |
Accusative | *beuʀ | *beuʀu |
Genitive | *beuʀas | *beuʀō |
Dative | *beuʀē | *beuʀum |
Instrumental | *beuʀu | *beuʀum |
Alternative reconstructions edit
- *beur
Descendants edit
- Old English: bēor
- Old Frisian: biār
- Old Saxon: bior
- Old Dutch: *bior, *bier
- Old High German: bior
- Middle High German: bier
References edit
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 174: “PWGmc *beur”