Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bazaz

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 *bʰosós (bare, naked).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɑ.zɑz/

Adjective

*bazaz[1]

  1. bare, naked
    Synonyms: *nakwadaz, *blautaz

Inflection

Declension of *bazaz (a-stem)
Strong declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *bazaz *bazō *bazą, -atō *bazai *bazôz *bazō
accusative *bazanǭ *bazǭ *bazą, -atō *bazanz *bazōz *bazō
genitive *bazas, -is *bazaizōz *bazas, -is *bazaizǫ̂ *bazaizǫ̂ *bazaizǫ̂
dative *bazammai *bazaizōi *bazammai *bazaimaz *bazaimaz *bazaimaz
instrumental *bazanō *bazaizō *bazanō *bazaimiz *bazaimiz *bazaimiz
Weak declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *bazô *bazǭ *bazô *bazaniz *bazōniz *bazōnō
accusative *bazanų *bazōnų *bazô *bazanunz *bazōnunz *bazōnō
genitive *baziniz *bazōniz *baziniz *bazanǫ̂ *bazōnǫ̂ *bazanǫ̂
dative *bazini *bazōni *bazini *bazammaz *bazōmaz *bazammaz
instrumental *bazinē *bazōnē *bazinē *bazammiz *bazōmiz *bazammiz

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *baʀ
    • Old English: bær
      • Middle English: bare, bar, baar, bayre, bere, beare
        • English: bare
        • Scots: bare, bair
        • Yola: baar, baare
    • Old Frisian: ber
      • Saterland Frisian: boar
      • West Frisian: baar
    • Old Saxon: bar
      • Middle Low German: bâr
        • German Low German: baar
    • Old Dutch: *bar
    • Old High German: bar
    • Old French: baraigne, baraing
      • Middle French: brehaigne
      • Middle English: barain, barein
  • Old Norse: berr (western), *baʀʀ (eastern)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*baza-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 56