Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/buriz

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbu.riz/

Etymology 1

    From Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (to bear, carry, bring).

    Noun

    *buriz m

    1. male offspring; son
      Synonym: *sunuz
    Inflection
    Declension of *buriz (i-stem)
    singular plural
    nominative *buriz *burīz
    vocative *buri *burīz
    accusative *burį *burinz
    genitive *burīz *burjǫ̂
    dative *burī *burimaz
    instrumental *burī *burimiz
    Descendants
    • Proto-West Germanic: *burī
    • Old Norse: burr
    • Gothic: 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂 (baur)

    Etymology 2

    From Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (to bear, carry, bring), particularly from the developed sense “to lift”. Equivalent to etymology 1.

    Noun

    *buriz f

    1. elevation; hill
      Synonyms: *brinkaz, *haugaz, *hufą, *hulliz, *klintaz, *wurþiz
    Inflection
    Declension of *buriz (i-stem)
    singular plural
    nominative *buriz *burīz
    vocative *buri *burīz
    accusative *burį *burinz
    genitive *burīz *burjǫ̂
    dative *burī *burimaz
    instrumental *burī *burimiz
    Descendants
    • Proto-West Germanic: *burī

    Etymology 3

      From Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (to bear, carry, bring), perhaps as *“carrying force”. Equivalent to etymologies 1 and 2.

      Noun

      *buriz m

      1. favourable wind
      Inflection
      Declension of *buriz (i-stem)
      singular plural
      nominative *buriz *burīz
      vocative *buri *burīz
      accusative *burį *burinz
      genitive *burīz *burjǫ̂
      dative *burī *burimaz
      instrumental *burī *burimiz
      Derived terms
      Descendants
      • Proto-West Germanic: *burī
        • Old English: byre; (ġebyre?; ambyre?)
        • Old Frisian: *bure
          • West Frisian: bur
        • Old Saxon: *buri
          • Middle Low German: bore (in derivative: borelōs)
      • Old Norse: byrr
      • Proto-Samic: *porjës (sail) (see there for further descendants)
      • Proto-Finnic: *purjëh (sail) (see there for further descendants)