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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bair
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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
Alternative reconstructions
- *baiʀ
Etymology
Unknown. Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *baizaz (compare Old Norse bassi (“boar”)). Likely to be related to Proto-Brythonic *basio- ~ *baðio- (modern Welsh baedd, which compare for possible cognates), but solid Indo-European cognates outside of West Germanic and Celtic are lacking. The word could have been borrowed from a pre-Indo-European (substrate) population of the area by Germanic and/or Celtic-speaking populations.[1] Alternatively, it could be cognate with Lithuanian baĩsas (“terrible apparition”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *baiˀsás (“evil spirit”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂- (“to become afraid”).
Inflection
| Masculine a-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *bair | |
| Genitive | *bairas | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *bair | *bairō, *bairōs |
| Accusative | *bair | *bairā |
| Genitive | *bairas | *bairō |
| Dative | *bairē | *bairum |
| Instrumental | *bairu | *bairum |
Hyponyms
- *ebur (“wild boar”)
Descendants
Further reading
- Albertas Steponavičius, Diachronic Linguistics and Etymology (2006), page 111:
- Etymologies of the names for 'wild boar'
- […]
- ModE boar < OE bar < WGmc *bairaz; cf. OHG per, Du. beer.
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