Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/berht

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 *berhtaz.

Adjective

*berht

1. bright

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*berht
Genitive	*berhtas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*berht	*berhtu	*berht
Accusative	*berhtanā	*berhtā	*berht
Genitive	*berhtas	*berhteʀā	*berhtas
Dative	*berhtumē	*berhteʀē	*berhtumē
Instrumental	*berhtu	*berhteʀu	*berhtu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*berhtē	*berhtō	*berhtu
Accusative	*berhtā	*berhtā	*berhtu
Genitive	*berhteʀō	*berhteʀō	*berhteʀō
Dative	*berhtēm, *berhtum	*berhtēm, *berhtum	*berhtēm, *berhtum
Instrumental	*berhtēm, *berhtum	*berhtēm, *berhtum	*berhtēm, *berhtum

Derived terms

• *berhtēn
• *birhtī

Descendants

• Old English: beorht, berht — Mercian, bryht, byrht
  • Middle English: briht, briȝt, bright
    • English: bright
      • → Icelandic: bræt
    • Geordie English: breet
    • Scots: bricht
• Old Saxon: berht, beraht
  • ⇒ Middle Low German: brecht m (“shine, brightness, glory”, noun)
• Old Dutch: *berht
  • ⇒ Old Dutch: filoberht (“very bright”)
  • ⇒ Middle Dutch: onbrecht, ombrecht (“unclear”)
  • ⇒ Middle Dutch: Brecht, Brechta, Bert, Berte (personal names)
    • Dutch: Brecht, Bert
• Old High German: beraht, peraht
  • ⇒ Old High German: giberaht
    • Middle High German: gebërht
  • Middle High German: bërht
    • ⇒ German: Bert, Bert-, -bert, -brecht (in personal names)