Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bebru

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bebruz.

Noun

*bebru m[1]

  1. beaver

Inflection

u-stem
Singular
Nominative *bebru
Genitive *bebrō
Singular Plural
Nominative *bebru *bibriwi, *bebrō
Accusative *bebru *bebrū
Genitive *bebrō *bibriwō
Dative *bibriwi, *bebrō *bebrum
Instrumental *bebru *bebrum

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “beber”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 1: A–B, page 304: “*bebru”
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