Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/beuʀ

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 *beuzą.

Noun

*beuʀ n^[1]

beer

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*beuʀ
Genitive	*beuʀas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*beuʀ	*beuʀu
Accusative	*beuʀ	*beuʀu
Genitive	*beuʀas	*beuʀō
Dative	*beuʀē	*beuʀum
Instrumental	*beuʀu	*beuʀum

Alternative reconstructions

*beur

Descendants

Old English: bēor
- Middle English: bere, beere
  - English: beer (see there for further descendants)
  - Scots: bere, beir, beer
Old Frisian: biār
- Saterland Frisian: Bjoor
- West Frisian: bier
Old Saxon: bior
- Middle Low German: bêr
  - German Low German: Beer
    Mecklenburgisch: Bier
  - Plautdietsch: Bea
Old Dutch: *bior, *bier
- Middle Dutch: bier
  - Dutch: bier (see there for further descendants)
    - Afrikaans: bier
  - Limburgish: beer
  - → Middle French: biere (see there for further descendants)
Old High German: bior
- Middle High German: bier
  - Alemannic German: Bier, Biär, Pier
  - Bavarian: Bia, Bäia
    - Cimbrian: bir
    - Mòcheno: piar
  - Central Franconian: Bier, Beer
    - Luxembourgish: Béier
  - East Central German:
    - Vilamovian: biyr
  - German: Bier (see there for further descendants)
  - Rhine Franconian:
    - Pennsylvania German: Bier
  - Yiddish: ביר (bir)

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 174: “PWGmc *beur”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 174: “PWGmc *beur”

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