Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/berht

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 *berhtaz.

Adjective

*berht

bright

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*berht
Genitive	*berhtas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*berht	*berhtu	*berht
Accusative	*berhtanā	*berhtā	*berht
Genitive	*berhtas	*berhteʀā	*berhtas
Dative	*berhtumē	*berhteʀē	*berhtumē
Instrumental	*berhtu	*berhteʀu	*berhtu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*berhtē	*berhtō	*berhtu
Accusative	*berhtā	*berhtā	*berhtu
Genitive	*berhteʀō	*berhteʀō	*berhteʀō
Dative	berhtēm, berhtum	berhtēm, berhtum	berhtēm, berhtum
Instrumental	berhtēm, berhtum	berhtēm, berhtum	berhtēm, berhtum

Derived terms

Descendants

Old English: beorht, berht; bryht, byrht
- Middle English: briht, briȝt, bright
  - English: bright
    - → Icelandic: bræt
  - Geordie English: breet
  - Scots: bricht
Old Saxon: berht, beraht
- ⇒ Middle Low German: brecht m (“shine, brightness, glory”, noun)
Old Dutch: *berht
- Middle Dutch: Brecht, Brechta, Bert Berte (in personal names)
  - Dutch: Brecht, Bert (in personal names)
- ⇒ Middle Dutch: onbrecht, ombrecht (“unclear”)
- ⇒ Old Dutch: filoberht (“very bright”)
Old High German: beraht, peraht
- Middle High German: bërht
  - German: Bert, brecht, bert (in personal names)
- ⇒ Old High German: giberaht
  - Middle High German: gebërht

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