Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sūbrī

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

Borrowed from Latin sōbrius +‎ *-ī (adjective suffix).

Adjective

*sūbrī^[1]

sober

Inflection

ja-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*sūbrī
Genitive	*sūbrijas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*sūbrī	*sūbriju	*sūbrī
Accusative	*sūbrijanā	*sūbrijā	*sūbrī
Genitive	*sūbrijas	*sūbrijeʀā	*sūbrijas
Dative	*sūbrijumē	*sūbrijeʀē	*sūbrijumē
Instrumental	*sūbriju	*sūbrijeʀu	*sūbriju
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*sūbrijē	*sūbrijō	*sūbriju
Accusative	*sūbrijā	*sūbrijā	*sūbriju
Genitive	*sūbrijeʀō	*sūbrijeʀō	*sūbrijeʀō
Dative	sūbrijēm, sūbrijum	sūbrijēm, sūbrijum	sūbrijēm, sūbrijum
Instrumental	sūbrijēm, sūbrijum	sūbrijēm, sūbrijum	sūbrijēm, sūbrijum

Derived terms

Descendants

Old English: sȳfre, sēfre, sīfre
- Middle English: syfre
Old Saxon: sūvar, sūvri
Old Dutch: *sūvar
- Middle Dutch: suver
  - Dutch: zuiver
    - Afrikaans: suiwer
    - → Aukan: soifili
    - → Sranan Tongo: soifri
      - → Saramaccan: sóífí
  - Limburgish: zuver
  - Zealandic: zuver
Old High German: sūbar
- German: sauber
- Hunsrik: sauver

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 137: “PWGmc *sūbrī”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 137: “PWGmc *sūbrī”

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