Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/barwijǭ

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 Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to carry”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbɑr.wi.jɔ̃ː/

Noun

*barwijǭ f

bier; stretcher
barrow

Inflection

Declension of *barwijǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*barwijǭ	*barwijōniz
vocative	*barwijǭ	*barwijōniz
accusative	*barwijōnų	*barwijōnunz
genitive	*barwijōniz	*barwijōnǫ̂
dative	*barwijōni	*barwijōmaz
instrumental	*barwijōnē	*barwijōmiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *barwijā
- Old English: bearwe
  - Middle English: barowe, barwe, barow
    - Scots: barow, barrow
    - English: barrow
      - → Zulu: ibhala
- Old Frisian: *berwe, *barwe
  - Saterland Frisian: Berve, Barve, Barfe, Barf
  - West Frisian: berje
- Old Saxon: *berwia, *beria; *barwa (< *barwǭ)
  - Middle Low German: bāre, bōre, berwe, bȫrwe, bȫrje
    - German Low German: Barv
    - Low German: Böre, Bör, Berwe, Berf
      - → Swedish: bör
      - → Danish: bør
- Old Dutch: *beria
  - Middle Dutch: berie, berrie
    - Dutch: berrie
- → Old French: barot, baroueste
  - Middle French: broüette
    - French: brouette; barou, barrô, barotte (dialectal)
  - → Italian: baroccio
    - → French: birouchette
- Old High German: bera
  - Middle High German: bere
    - German: Bere (dialectal)
Old Norse: barar, barir
- Icelandic: börur
- Faroese: børa