Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/barugaz

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Pre-Germanic *bʰoru-ḱos. For the root, compare Russian бо́ров (bórov, “hog, castrated boar”); for the suffix, compare *elhaz (“elk”), *selhaz (“seal”) and Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥tḱos (“bear”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbɑ.ru.ɣɑz/

Noun

*barugaz m

barrow, castrated boar

Inflection

Declension of *barugaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*barugaz	barugōz, barugōs
vocative	*barug	barugōz, barugōs
accusative	*barugą	*baruganz
genitive	barugas, barugis	*barugǫ̂
dative	*barugai	*barugamaz
instrumental	*barugō	*barugamiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *barug
- Old English: bearg, bærh, bearh, bearug, bęrg, berg — Northumbrian
  - Middle English: barow, bareȝ, bareh, barew, barwe, borwȝ
    - English: barrow
- Old Frisian: barch
  - Saterland Frisian: Baarch
  - West Frisian: baarch
- Old Saxon: barug
  - Middle Low German: borch
    - German Low German: Barg
- Old Dutch: barcho
  - Middle Dutch: barch, barech
    - Dutch: barg
      - Afrikaans: burg
- Old High German: barug, barh
  - Middle High German: barc
    - German: Barg, Barch (dialectal)
Old Norse: bǫrgr

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN