Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/beuʀ

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *beuzą.

Noun

*beuʀ n

1. beer

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*beuʀ
Genitive	*beuʀas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*beuʀ	*beuʀu
Accusative	*beuʀ	*beuʀu
Genitive	*beuʀas	*beuʀō
Dative	*beuʀē	*beuʀum
Instrumental	*beuʀu	*beuʀum

Alternative reconstructions

• *beur

Descendants

• Old English: bēor
  • Middle English: bere, beere
    • English: beer (see there for further descendants)
    • Scots: bere, beir, beer
• Old Frisian: biār
  • Saterland Frisian: Bjoor
  • West Frisian: bier
• Old Saxon: bior
  • Middle Low German: bêr
    • German Low German: Beer

      Mecklenburgisch: Bier

    • Plautdietsch: Bea
• Old Dutch: *bior, *bier
  • Middle Dutch: bier
    • Dutch: bier (see there for further descendants)
      • Afrikaans: bier
    • Limburgish: beer
    • → Middle French: biere (see there for further descendants)
• Old High German: bior
  • Middle High German: bier
    • Alemannic German: Bier, Biär, Pier
    • Bavarian: Bia, Bäia
      • Cimbrian: bir
      • Mòcheno: piar
    • Central Franconian: Bier, Beer
      • Luxembourgish: Béier
    • East Central German:
      • Vilamovian: biyr
    • German: Bier (see there for further descendants)
    • Rhine Franconian:
      • Pennsylvania German: Bier
    • Yiddish: ביר (bir)