Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/bʰérǵʰos

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Etymology

From *bʰerǵʰ- (“to rise up, be elevated”) +‎ *-os.

Noun

*bʰérǵʰos m

  1. hill

Declension

Thematic
singular
nominative *bʰérǵʰos
genitive *bʰérǵʰosyo
singular dual plural
nominative *bʰérǵʰos *bʰérǵʰoh₁ *bʰérǵʰoes
vocative *bʰérǵʰe *bʰérǵʰoh₁ *bʰérǵʰoes
accusative *bʰérǵʰom *bʰérǵʰoh₁ *bʰérǵʰoms
genitive *bʰérǵʰosyo *? *bʰérǵʰoHom
ablative *bʰérǵʰead *? *bʰérǵʰomos, *bʰérǵʰobʰos
dative *bʰérǵʰoey *? *bʰérǵʰomos, *bʰérǵʰobʰos
locative *bʰérǵʰey, *bʰérǵʰoy *? *bʰérǵʰoysu
instrumental *bʰérǵʰoh₁ *? *bʰérǵʰōys

Descendants

  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *bérgas
    • Proto-Slavic: *bȇrgъ (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Germanic: *bergaz[1] (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*berga-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 60
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