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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Conventionally from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (“grey, brown”). Ringe, discrediting the existence of such a root, suggests instead *ǵʰwer- (“wild animal”). Blažek (2017) suggests *bʰerH- (“to bore, to pierce”), from which several IE terms for beehive are derived, e.g. Proto-Slavic *bъrtь (“hive of wild bees”).
Pronunciation
Noun
*berô m
- bear
Inflection
Originally an n-stem with the zero grade forms of the suffix, as in *arô and Latin carō.
consonant stemDeclension of *berô (consonant stem)
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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*berô
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*birniz
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vocative
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*berô
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*birniz
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accusative
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*bernų
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*bernunz
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genitive
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*birniz
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*bernǫ̂
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dative
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*birni
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*bernumaz
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instrumental
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*bernē
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*bernumiz
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Derived terms
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