Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/olibaʀi

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

*oli (“oil”) +‎ *baʀi (“berry”)

Noun

*olibaʀi n

1. olive

Inflection

Neuter ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*olibaʀi
Genitive	*olibaʀjas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*olibaʀi	*olibaʀju
Accusative	*olibaʀi	*olibaʀju
Genitive	*olibaʀjas	*olibaʀjō
Dative	*olibaʀjē	*olibaʀjum
Instrumental	*olibaʀju	*olibaʀjum

Descendants

• Old English: eleberġe
• Old Saxon: oliberi
  • >? Faroese: oljuber
• Old High German: oliberi
  • Middle High German: ölbere
    • Yiddish: איילבערט (eylbert)