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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/haiþibaʀi

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

Noun

*haiþibaʀi n

  1. whortleberry, bilberry

Inflection
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
  • Old English: hǣþberġe, hǣþberie, hǣþberiġe
  • Old High German: heidiberi, heidberi
    • Middle High German: heitber, heitbere
      • German: Heidbeere (dialectal)

References
  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
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