Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/bʰoréh₂

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

*bʰer(H)- (“to bear, carry”) +‎ *-éh₂ (action/abstract noun suffix)

Noun

*bʰoréh₂ f

1. an act of carrying or bearing
2. load, burden
3. that which bears weight or carries

Inflection

Thematic in *-eh₂
	singular
nominative	*bʰoréh₂
genitive	*bʰoréh₂s
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bʰoréh₂	*bʰoréh₂h₁(e)	*bʰoréh₂es
vocative	*bʰoréh₂	*bʰoréh₂h₁(e)	*bʰoréh₂es
accusative	*bʰorā́m	*bʰoréh₂h₁(e)	*bʰoréh₂m̥s
genitive	*bʰoréh₂s	*?	*bʰoréh₂oHom
ablative	*bʰoréh₂s	*?	*bʰoréh₂mos, *bʰoréh₂bʰos
dative	*bʰoréh₂ey	*?	*bʰoréh₂mos, *bʰoréh₂bʰos
locative	*bʰoréh₂, *bʰoréh₂i	*?	*bʰoréh₂su
instrumental	*bʰoréh₂h₁	*?	*bʰoréh₂mis, *bʰoréh₂bʰis

Synonyms

• *bʰóros

Descendants

• Proto-Albanian: *barā
  • Albanian: barrë (“burden, load”)
• Proto-Armenian:
  • ⇒ Old Armenian: -(ա)ւոր (-(a)wor, adjectival suffix for possession/quality) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Germanic: *barō (“bier; ^? beam, plank, barrier”) (see there for further descendants)
  • Old Norse: barar pl (“handbarrow, bier”) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Hellenic: *pʰorā́
  • Ancient Greek: φορᾱ́ (phorā́), φορή (phorḗ) — Ionic (see there for further descendants)