Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bazją

This Proto-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-Germanic

Alternative forms

*basją

Etymology

Unknown. Thought to be from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to shine, glisten”) or *bʰes- (“to blow, chew, rub”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bɑz.jɑ̃/

Noun

*bazją n

berry

Inflection

neuter ja-stemDeclension of *bazją (neuter ja-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*bazją	*bazjō
vocative	*bazją	*bazjō
accusative	*bazją	*bazjō
genitive	bazjas, bazis	*bazjǫ̂
dative	*bazjai	*bazjamaz
instrumental	*bazjō	*bazjamiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *baʀi
- Old English: berġe, berie, beriġe
  - Middle English: berye, berȝe, berie, bery, byry, beriye
    - English: berry
    - Scots: berie, bery, berrie, berry
    - Yola: kraanberry
- Old Frisian: *berie
  - Saterland Frisian: Bäie
  - West Frisian: bei (possibly from Dutch, ultimately from Old French and bāca)
- Old Saxon: beri
  - Middle Low German: bere
    - German Low German: Beer
    - Plautdietsch: Bäa
- Old Dutch: *beri
  - Middle Dutch: bere
    - Dutch: bère, bèr (dialectal)
    - West Flemish: beier
- Old High German: beri
  - Middle High German: ber
    - Alemannic German: Berri
    - Bavarian:
      Cimbrian: per
      Mòcheno: per
    - German: Beere
    - Hunsrik: Beer
    - Luxembourgish: Bier
    - Pennsylvania German: Beer
    - Vilamovian: bjēr
Old Norse: ber
- Icelandic: ber
- Faroese: ber
- Norwegian: bær
- Old Swedish: bær
  - Swedish: bär
- Danish: bær

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