Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/bʰérǵʰos

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Etymology

    Nominalization of *bʰerǵʰ- (“to rise up, be elevated”) +‎ *-ós (adjectival suffix).

    Noun

    *bʰérǵʰos m

    1. hill

    Declension

    Thematic
    singular
    nominative *bʰérǵʰos
    genitive *bʰérǵʰosyo
    singular dual plural
    nominative *bʰérǵʰos *bʰérǵʰoh₁ *bʰérǵʰoes
    vocative *bʰérǵʰe *bʰérǵʰoh₁ *bʰérǵʰoes
    accusative *bʰérǵʰom *bʰérǵʰoh₁ *bʰérǵʰoms
    genitive *bʰérǵʰosyo *? *bʰérǵʰoHom
    ablative *bʰérǵʰead *? *bʰérǵʰomos, *bʰérǵʰobʰos
    dative *bʰérǵʰoey *? *bʰérǵʰomos, *bʰérǵʰobʰos
    locative *bʰérǵʰey, *bʰérǵʰoy *? *bʰérǵʰoysu
    instrumental *bʰérǵʰoh₁ *? *bʰérǵʰōys

    Descendants

    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *bérgas
      • Proto-Slavic: *bȇrgъ (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Germanic: *bergaz[1] (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*berga-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 60
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