Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/basją

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

• *bazją

Etymology

Uncertain; perhaps from a pre-Indo-European substrate word. Otherwise, outside of Germanic, it may be related to Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to shine, glisten”) or to Sanskrit बभस्ति (babhasti, “to chew, eat”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰes-. However, also compare Latin baca (“berry”), or fascis (“bundle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑs.jɑ̃/

Noun

*basją n

1. berry; a small fruit, of any one of many varieties

Inflection

neuter ja-stemDeclension of *basją (neuter ja-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*basją	*basjō
vocative	*basją	*basjō
accusative	*basją	*basjō
genitive	*basjas, *basis	*basjǫ̂
dative	*basjai	*basjamaz
instrumental	*basjō	*basjamiz

Derived terms

• *baswaz
• *erþōbazją
• *wīnabasją

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *basi n; *basu f (the feminine derived from the neuter plural *basju)
  • Old English: basu, baso f
  • Old Dutch: *besi
    • Middle Dutch: bese, bes, beze, bezie f (a long vowel in certain dialects)
      • Dutch: bes, bees, bezie (a long vowel in certain dialects)
• ⇒ Gothic: 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌱𐌰𐍃𐌹 (weinabasi)