Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/buriz

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.

Proto-Germanic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbu.riz/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear, carry, bring”).

Noun

*buriz m

2. male offspring; son

   Synonym: *sunuz

Inflection

i-stemDeclension of *buriz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*buriz	*burīz
vocative	*buri	*burīz
accusative	*burį	*burinz
genitive	*burīz	*burjǫ̂
dative	*burī	*burimaz
instrumental	*burī	*burimiz

Related terms

• *barną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *burī
  • Old English: byre
• Old Norse: burr
  • Icelandic: bur
• Gothic: 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂 (baur)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear, carry, bring”), particularly from the developed sense “to lift”. Equivalent to etymology 1.

Noun

*buriz f

2. elevation; hill

   Synonyms: *brinkaz, *haugaz, *hufą, *hulliz, *klintaz, *wurþiz

Inflection

i-stemDeclension of *buriz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*buriz	*burīz
vocative	*buri	*burīz
accusative	*burį	*burinz
genitive	*burīz	*burjǫ̂
dative	*burī	*burimaz
instrumental	*burī	*burimiz

Related terms

• *burjaną
• *burjōną
  • >? Crimean Gothic: borrotsch

Descendants

• Old English: byre
• Old High German: bur, pur, bor; burī
  • Middle High German: bor; büre
    • German: Bor
    • Alemannic German: Büri

Etymology 3

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear, carry, bring”), perhaps as *“carrying force”. Equivalent to etymologies 1 and 2.

Noun

*buriz m

2. favourable wind

Inflection

i-stemDeclension of *buriz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*buriz	*burīz
vocative	*buri	*burīz
accusative	*burį	*burinz
genitive	*burīz	*burjǫ̂
dative	*burī	*burimaz
instrumental	*burī	*burimiz

Derived terms

• *gaburiz
  • *gaburjōną (“to befit”)

Descendants

• Old English: byre; (ġebyre?; ambyre?)
• Old Frisian: *bure
  • West Frisian: bur
• Old Saxon: *buri
  • Middle Low German: bore (in derivative: borelōs)
• Old Norse: byrr
  • Icelandic: byr
  • Faroese: byrur
  • Norwegian: bør
  • Old Swedish: byr, bør
    • Swedish: bör
  • Danish: bør
  • → Middle English: bür, byrre, bir
    • Scots: bir, ber, beir, bere, bur, burr
    • English: birr
• → Proto-Samic: *porjës (“sail”) (see there for further descendants)
• → Proto-Finnic: *purjëh (“sail”) (see there for further descendants)