Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/barwaz

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

Alternative forms

  • *baruz

Etymology

This word only has cognates in Slavic. Kroonen states that the reconstructed proto-form would reflect *bʰorwos, and states that it is a Germanic-Slavic isogloss.[1] See Proto-Slavic *borъ (“pine tree”). Orr considers the possibility that it is a loan, in particular the ŭ-declension being copied. In this case the Germanic meaning would be more derived, with a shift from the Slavic sense “pine grove” to “forest (in general)" for which compare Proto-Slavic *dǫbrava (“oak grove; forest in general”).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɑr.wɑz/

Noun

*barwaz m

  1. coniferous forest; pinewood
  2. wood; grove

Inflection

Declension of *barwaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *barwaz *barwōz, *barwōs
vocative *barw *barwōz, *barwōs
accusative *barwą *barwanz
genitive *barwas, *barwis *barwǫ̂
dative *barwai *barwamaz
instrumental *barwō *barwamiz
  • ⇒? *barō

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *baru
  • Old Norse: bǫrr (“a kind of tree”)

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  2. ^ Orr, Robert A. (2003) “Murk: A Neglected Slavic Loanword in Germanic?”, in Canadian Slavonic Papers‎[2], volume 45, number 1/2, pages 50, 56
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