Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/barug

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 *barugaz.

Noun

*barug m

1. barrow, castrated boar

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*barug
Genitive	*barugas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*barug	*barugō, *barugōs
Accusative	*barug	*barugā
Genitive	*barugas	*barugō
Dative	*barugē	*barugum
Instrumental	*barugu	*barugum

Descendants

• Old English: bearg, bærh, bearh, bearug, bęrg, berg — Northumbrian
  • Middle English: barow, bareȝ, bareh, barew, barwe, borwȝ
    • English: barrow
• Old Frisian: barch
  • Saterland Frisian: Baarch
  • West Frisian: baarch
• Old Saxon: barug
  • Middle Low German: borch
    • German Low German: Barg
• Old Dutch: barcho
  • Middle Dutch: barch, barech
    • Dutch: barg
      • Afrikaans: burg
• Old High German: barug, barh
  • Middle High German: barc
    • German: Barg, Barch (dialectal)