Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/berg

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 Proto-Germanic *bergaz.

Noun

*berg m

1. hill, mountain

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*berg
Genitive	*bergas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*berg	*bergō, *bergōs
Accusative	*berg	*bergā
Genitive	*bergas	*bergō
Dative	*bergē	*bergum
Instrumental	*bergu	*bergum

Descendants

• Old English: beorg, beorh, berg
  • Middle English: bergh, berȝ, beruȝ, beruh, berw
    • English: barrow; bargh (Northern England)
    • Scots: burrae
  • Middle English: berȝe, beryhe, berye (via beorge (genitive))
    • English: berry
• Old Frisian: berch
  • North Frisian: beerg
  • Saterland Frisian: Bíerig
  • West Frisian: berch
• Old Saxon: berg, berag
  • Middle Low German: berch
    • German Low German: Barg
    • Plautdietsch: Boajch
• Old Dutch: berg
  • Middle Dutch: berch
    • Dutch: berg
      • Afrikaans: berg
        • → English: berg
      • Berbice Creole Dutch: berki
      • Jersey Dutch: bêrix
      • Negerhollands: berg, bergi
        • → Virgin Islands Creole: berg, bergi
      • → Aukan: beligi
      • → Sranan Tongo: bergi
        • → Caribbean Javanese: bérgi
    • Limburgish: berg
• Old High German: berg
  • Middle High German: bërc
    • Alemannic German: Bäärg, Bärg, Bèèrg, Bërg
    • Bavarian:

      Cimbrian: pèrge

      Mòcheno: pèrg

    • Central Franconian: Berch

      Eifel: Bersch

      Hunsrik: Berrich

    • East Central German: Barg (Erzgebirgisch)
    • German: Berg
    • Luxembourgish: Bierg
    • Pennsylvania German: Barig
    • Yiddish: באַרג (barg)