Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/laurabaʀi

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 *laur (“laurel tree”) +‎ *baʀi (“berry”).

Noun

*laurabaʀi n

1. laurel berry

Inflection

Neuter ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*laurabaʀi
Genitive	*laurabaʀjas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*laurabaʀi	*laurabaʀju
Accusative	*laurabaʀi	*laurabaʀju
Genitive	*laurabaʀjas	*laurabaʀjō
Dative	*laurabaʀjē	*laurabaʀjum
Instrumental	*laurabaʀju	*laurabaʀjum

Descendants

• Old English: laurberiġe, laurberie, laurberiġie
  • Middle English: laurberiʒie, lawerberie
• Old Saxon: *lōrberi, *laurberi
  • Middle Low German: lôrbêre, lörbêre, lôrebêre, lorrebêre, laurbêr, lawerbêre, lawerbêse
    • German Low German:

      Mecklenburgisch: Luurbeer

      Low Prussian: Loorbeer

      Westphalian:

      Westmünsterländisch: Loorbeer

      • → North Frisian: loorbeer
    • → Danish: laurbær
      • → Faroese: lavrber
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: laurbær
    • → Norwegian Nynorsk: laurbær
    • → Old Swedish: lagherbær, laverbær
      • Swedish: lagerbär
• Old High German: lōrberi, lōrber
  • Middle High German: lōrber, lōrbere
    • German: Lorbeer
    • Luxembourgish: Lorber
    • → Estonian: loorber