Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *bērusjazScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_bērusjaz
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*bʰe-bʰr-ús-ih₂she who has borne
nounmasculineja-stemmothers, parentsFrom Proto-Indo-European *bʰe-bʰr-ús-ih₂ (‘she who has borne’), a perfect participle with feminine suffix, featuring reduplication > pre-Germanic bʰē-r-ús-yos with loss of reduplication and remodeling of the vowel to ē (similar to the past plural indicative) and ultimately remodeled as a masculine ja-stem.