*bernuz

Runic: ᛒᛖᚱᚾᚢᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈber.nuz/

noun · masculine · u-stem

Meanings

bear

Reanalyzed as a u-stem from *bernunz, accusative plural of *berô (‘bear’).

*bernu (Proto-West Germanic)
- beorn, biorn (Old English)
  - beorn, bern, berne, beren, barn (Middle English)
    - baron (English)
    - bern, beirn (Scots)
*bernu (Proto-West Germanic)
- *bern (Old High German)
- *bern (Old Saxon)
*bernuʀ (Proto-Norse)
- bjǫrn (Old Norse)
  - byönn (Elfdalian)
  - bjørn (Faroese)
  - björn (Icelandic)
  - bjenn (Jamtish)
  - bjørn (Norwegian Bokmål)
  - bjørn, bjønn (Norwegian Nynorsk)
*bernuʀ (Proto-Norse)
- bjǫrn (Old Norse)
  - biørn, biorn (Old Danish)
    - bjørn (Danish)
*bernuʀ (Proto-Norse)
- bjǫrn (Old Norse)
  - biorn (Old Gutnish)
    - bjånn (Gutnish)
*bernuʀ (Proto-Norse)
- bjǫrn (Old Norse)
  - biørn, biorn (Old Swedish)
    - björn (Swedish)
*bernuʀ (Proto-Norse)
- *piernë (Proto-Samic)