Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/berō

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 *berô.

Noun

*berō m

bear

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*berō
Genitive	birini, beran
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*berō	*beran
Accusative	*beran	*beran
Genitive	birini, beran	*beranō
Dative	birini, beran	*berum
Instrumental	birini, beran	*berum

Descendants

Old English: bera
- Middle English: bere
  - English: bear (see there for further descendants)
  - Middle Scots: beir
    - Scots: bear, beir
Old Frisian: *bera, *bara
- Saterland Frisian: Boar
- West Frisian: bear
Old Saxon: bero
- Middle Low German: bar, bāre
  - German Low German: Baar, Boor
  - Plautdietsch: Boa
Old Dutch: *bero
- Middle Dutch: bēre
  - Dutch: beer
    - Afrikaans: beer
    - → Papiamentu: ber, beer
  - Limburgish: baer
  - West Flemish: beir
  - Zealandic: beêr
Old High German: bero, pero
- Middle High German: bër, bere, per
  - Alemannic German: Bärr
  - Cimbrian: per
  - German: Bär
  - Rhine Franconian:
    - Hunsrik: Bäer
    - Luxembourgish: Bier
  - Vilamovian: baor
  - Yiddish: בער (ber)