Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/berg

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 *bergaz.

Noun

*berg m[1]

  1. hill, mountain

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *berg
Genitive *bergas
Singular Plural
Nominative *berg *bergō, *bergōs
Accusative *berg *bergā
Genitive *bergas *bergō
Dative *bergē *bergum
Instrumental *bergu *bergum

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 182: “PWGmc *berg”
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