*bebruz

Runic: ᛒᛖᛒᚱᚢᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈbe.βruz/

noun · masculine · u-stem

Meanings

beaver

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰébʰr-u-s ~ *bʰebʰréws (‘beaver’). Cognates include Lithuanian bẽbras, Proto-Celtic *bebrus, Younger Avestan 𐬠𐬀𐬡𐬭𐬀 (baβra) (baβra), and Latin fiber, all with a sense of ‘beaver’.

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	bebruz	bibriwiz
Acc.	bebrų	bebrunz
Gen.	bebrauz	bibriwǫ̂
Dat.	bibriwi	bebrumaz
Inst.	bebrū	bebrumiz
Voc.	bebru	bibriwiz

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Descendants

*bebru (Proto-West Germanic)
- *bevar (Old Dutch)
  - bēver (Middle Dutch)
    - baever (Limburgish)
*bebru (Proto-West Germanic)
- *bevar (Old Dutch)
  - bēver (Middle Dutch)
    - bever (Dutch)
      - bewer (Afrikaans)
*bebru (Proto-West Germanic)
- befer, beofor, byfor, bebr, bebir, beber, befor, beofer, beuer (Old English)
  - bever, beauver, beever, befer, beofer, beuver, bevere, bevre, bevyr, bevyre, bewer, byvre (Middle English)
    - beaver (English)
    - bever, baiver (Scots)
*bebru (Proto-West Germanic)
- *bever (Old Frisian)
  - biiber (North Frisian)
  - bever (West Frisian)
*bebru (Proto-West Germanic)
- bibar, bibur (Old High German)
  - biber (Middle High German)
    - ביבער (biber) (Yiddish)
*bebru (Proto-West Germanic)
- bibar, bibur (Old High German)
  - biber (Middle High German)
    - Biber (German)
      - Biber (Luxembourgish)
*bebru (Proto-West Germanic)
- biƀar, biƀor (Old Saxon)
  - bēver (Middle Low German)
    - bäver (Elfdalian)
    - bævur (Faroese)
    - bävar (Gutnish)
    - Bever (Low German)
    - Bieba (Plautdietsch)
*bebru (Proto-West Germanic)
- biƀar, biƀor (Old Saxon)
  - bēver (Middle Low German)
    - bever (Norwegian Bokmål)
    - bever (Norwegian Nynorsk)
*bebru (Proto-West Germanic)
- biƀar, biƀor (Old Saxon)
  - bēver (Middle Low German)
    - biauær (Old Danish)
      - bæver (Danish)
      - bifur (Icelandic)
*bebru (Proto-West Germanic)
- biƀar, biƀor (Old Saxon)
  - bēver (Middle Low German)
    - bæver (Old Swedish)
      - bäver (Swedish)
bjórr (Old Norse)
- bjór (Icelandic)
- bjor (Norwegian Bokmål)
- bjor (Norwegian Nynorsk)
bjórr (Old Norse)
- biūr, bifær (Old Danish)
  - byr (Danish)
bjórr (Old Norse)
- biūr (Old Swedish)
  - bjur (Swedish)

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