Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/haiþibaʀi

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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

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Etymology

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From *haiþi (heath; heather) +‎ *baʀi (berry).[1]

Noun

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*haiþibaʀi n

  1. whortleberry, bilberry

Inflection

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Neuter ja-stem
Singular
Nominative *haiþibaʀi
Genitive *haiþibaʀjas
Singular Plural
Nominative *haiþibaʀi *haiþibaʀju
Accusative *haiþibaʀi *haiþibaʀju
Genitive *haiþibaʀjas *haiþibaʀjō
Dative *haiþibaʀjē *haiþibaʀjum
Instrumental *haiþibaʀju *haiþibaʀjum

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Heidelbeere”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 300