Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/berhtaz

This Proto-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.

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰer(H)ǵ-tó-s, from *bʰerHǵ- (“to shine”) +‎ *-tós. Cognate with Proto-Celtic *berxtos, Proto-Albanian *bardza (“white”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈberx.tɑz/

*berhtaz

1. bright, shining

• *berhtalīkaz
• *Berhtamēraz
• *birhtijaną
• *birhtį̄
• *Hrōþiberhtaz
• *Þeudōberhtaz

• Proto-West Germanic: *berht
  • Old English: beorht, berht — Anglian, 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: berht, perht, beraht, peraht
    • ⇒ Old High German: giberaht
      • Middle High German: gebërht
    • Middle High German: bërht
      • ⇒ German: Bert, Bert-, -bert, -brecht (in personal names)
• Old Norse: bjartr
  • Icelandic: bjartur
  • Faroese: bjartur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bjart
  • Old Swedish: biærter
    • Swedish: bjärt
  • Old Danish: biært, bærth
    • Danish: bjært
• Gothic: 𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌷𐍄𐍃 (bairhts)