Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/harjabergu

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 *hari +‎ *bergu.

Noun

*harjabergu f

  1. army camp, barracks
  2. refuge, shelter

Inflection

ō-stem
Singular
Nominative *harjabergu
Genitive *harjabergā
Singular Plural
Nominative *harjabergu *harjabergō
Accusative *harjabergā *harjabergā
Genitive *harjabergā *harjabergō
Dative *harjabergē *harjabergōm, *harjabergum
Instrumental *harjabergu *harjabergōm, *harjabergum

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old English: herebeorg
    • Middle English: herberwe
      • English: harbor, harbour (Commonwealth), harborough, herborough, harborow (all obsolete)
        • → Cebuano: harbor
        • → Marshallese: aba
        • → Welsh: harbwr
      • Middle Scots: herbery, harbery, herbrie
        • Scots: harboury (obsolete), hairbour (possibly borrowed from English)
  • Old Frisian: hereberge, hiriberge
    • Saterland Frisian: Härbierge
    • West Frisian: herberch
  • Old Saxon: heriberga
  • Old Dutch: heribergo, hereberga, heribergi
  • Old High German: heriberga
  • → Medieval Latin: heribergo [8th c., Reichenau Glossary]
    • Old French: herberge, herberc, halberc [11th c., Alexis] (see there for further descendants)
    • → Medieval Latin: alberga [1081] (see there for further descendants)
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