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

    Alternative reconstructions

    • haribergu

    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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