*bazją

Runic: ᛒᚨᛉᛃᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈbɑz.jɑ̃/

noun · neuter · ja-stem

Meanings

berry

Etymology

Unknown. Has been compared to Old Irish basc (‘red, berry-colored’), based on a purported connection with Proto-West Germanic *basu (‘purple, crimson’), as well as to Latin fascis (‘bundle’) and its relatives, though Latin bāca (‘berry’) is likely not related. Older theories tentatively connected the word to Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (‘to shine, glisten’) or *bʰes- (‘to blow, chew, rub’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	bazją	bazjō
Acc.	bazją	bazjō
Gen.	bazjas, bazis	bazjǫ̂
Dat.	bazjai	bazjamaz
Inst.	bazjō	bazjamiz
Voc.	bazją	bazjō

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Descendants

*baʀi (Proto-West Germanic)
- *beri (Old Dutch)
  - bere (Middle Dutch)
    - bère, bèr (Dutch)
    - beier (West Flemish)
*baʀi (Proto-West Germanic)
- berġe, berie, beriġe (Old English)
  - berye, berȝe, berie, bery, byry, beriye (Middle English)
    - berry (English)
    - berie, bery, berrie, berry (Scots)
*baʀi (Proto-West Germanic)
- *berie (Old Frisian)
  - Bäie (Saterland Frisian)
  - bei (West Frisian)
*baʀi (Proto-West Germanic)
- beri (Old High German)
  - ber (Middle High German)
    - Berri (Alemannic German)
    - Beere (German)
    - Bier (Luxembourgish)
    - Beer (Pennsylvania German)
*baʀi (Proto-West Germanic)
- beri (Old Saxon)
  - bere (Middle Low German)
    - Beer (Low German)
    - Bäa (Plautdietsch)
ber (Old Norse)
- ber (Faroese)
- ber (Icelandic)
- bær (Norwegian)
ber (Old Norse)
- bær (Old Danish)
  - bær (Danish)
ber (Old Norse)
- bær (Old Swedish)
  - bär (Swedish)

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