Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/barsaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰórsos (“pointy, prickly”), from *bʰers- (“top, point”).

Noun

*barsaz m

perch (fish)

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *barsaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*barsaz	barsōz, barsōs
vocative	*bars	barsōz, barsōs
accusative	*barsą	*barsanz
genitive	barsas, barsis	*barsǫ̂
dative	*barsai	*barsamaz
instrumental	*barsō	*barsamiz

Related terms

*burzô

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *bars
- Old English: bærs
  - Middle English: bars, bas
    - English: barse, bass
- Old Frisian:
  - Saterland Frisian: Boas
- Old Saxon: bars
  - → Polabian: borš
- Old Dutch: *bars
  - Middle Dutch: bars, bāers
    - Dutch: baars
- Old High German: bars
  - Middle High German: bars
    - German: Barsch
(Old Norse: *borri < *burzô)
- (Old Swedish: borre (in compounds))

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