*burþiz

Runic: ᛒᚢᚱᚦᛁᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈbur.θiz/

noun · feminine · i-stem

Meanings

bearing, carrying
pregnancy
birth

Etymology

From pre-Germanic *bʰr̥-tis from Proto-Indo-European *bʰér-tis ~ *bʰr̥-téys, an abstract nominalization from root *bʰer- (‘to bear, carry’). Cognate with Sanskrit भृति (bhṛti) (bhṛti, ‘bearing, carrying, bringing, fetching’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	burþiz	burþīz
Acc.	burþį	burþīnz
Gen.	burdīz	burdijǫ̂
Dat.	burdī	burdimaz
Inst.	burdī	burdimiz
Voc.	burþi	burþīz

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Descendants

*burþi (Proto-West Germanic)
- *burt (Old Dutch)
  - boort, boorte (Middle Dutch)
    - boorte (Dutch)
*burþi (Proto-West Germanic)
- byrd, byrþ, berþ, beorþ (Old English)
  - birth, byrth, birthe, byrthe, beard, bærde (Middle English)
    - birth (English)
    - birth (Scots)
*burþi (Proto-West Germanic)
- berde, berd, berthe (Old Frisian)
  - Bäide (Saterland Frisian)
  - berte (West Frisian)
*burþi (Proto-West Germanic)
- burt (Old High German)
  - burt (Middle High German)
    - Burt (German)
*burþi (Proto-West Germanic)
- *burd (Old Saxon)
  - bord, bōrt (Middle Low German)
    - Boort (Low German)
*byrðr, burðr (Old Norse)
- byrd (Danish)
- burður (Faroese)
- burður (Icelandic)
- byrd (Norwegian Bokmål)
- burd (Norwegian Nynorsk)
*byrðr, burðr (Old Norse)
- byrþ, byrþe, biurdh, børdh, ᛒᛦᚱᚦ (Old Swedish)
  - börda (Swedish)

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