*bardaz

Runic: ᛒᚨᚱᛞᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈbɑr.ðɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

beard

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰéh₂ (‘beard’), remodeled from a feminine to a masculine a-stem via analogy. Compare Latvian bā̀rda, Latin barba, both meaning ‘beard’.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.bardazbardōz, bardōs
Acc.bardąbardanz
Gen.bardas, bardisbardǫ̂
Dat.bardaibardamaz
Inst.bardōbardamiz
Voc.bardbardōz, bardōs

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Descendants

  • *bard (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *bart (Old Dutch)
      • bāert (Middle Dutch)
        • baerd (Limburgish)
  • *bard (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *bart (Old Dutch)
      • bāert (Middle Dutch)
        • baard (Dutch)
          • baard (Afrikaans)
          • barde (Norwegian Nynorsk)
          • baard (West Frisian)
  • *bard (Proto-West Germanic)
    • beard (Old English)
      • berd, bard, bærd, beord, burd (Middle English)
        • berd, barder (Anglo-Norman)
        • beard (English)
        • berd, berde, beird (Scots)
  • *bard (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *bard, berd (Old Frisian)
      • burd (West Frisian)
  • *bard (Proto-West Germanic)
    • bart (Old High German)
      • bart (Middle High German)
        • Baart (Alemannic German)
        • Bårt (Bavarian)
        • Bat, Bart (Rhine Franconian)
        • באָרד (bord) (Yiddish)
  • *bard (Proto-West Germanic)
    • bard (Old Saxon)
      • bart (Middle Low German)
        • Baart (Low German)
        • barde (Norwegian Nynorsk)
        • Boat (Plautdietsch)
        • Boart (Saterland Frisian)
  • barð (Old Norse)
    • barð (Icelandic)
    • bard (Norwegian Bokmål)
    • bard, barde (Norwegian Nynorsk)
    • bard, bård (Swedish)
  • bars (Crimean Gothic)

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