Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/pursaz

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

Unknown.

Noun

*pursaz m

gale (Myrica gale)
Synonym: *gagulaz

Inflection

Declension of *pursaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*pursaz	pursōz, pursōs
vocative	*purs	pursōz, pursōs
accusative	*pursą	*pursanz
genitive	pursas, pursis	*pursǫ̂
dative	*pursai	*pursamaz
instrumental	*pursō	*pursamiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *pors
- Old Saxon: *pors
  - Middle Low German: pors, pars, porst, post
    - → German: Porst, Porste f, Porsch m, Porsche f, Post m, Posch m, Pos m (all archaic or obsolete)
    - → Saterland Frisian: Post
- Old Dutch: *pors
  - Middle Dutch: pors, porse, prosse
    - Dutch: pors, porst
- Old High German:
  - Middle High German: bors, borse, borser
    - German: Bors, Berz, Birz m or f (obsolete, dialectal)
Old Norse: pors
- Danish: pors, formerly also post
- Gutnish: purs
  - → Finnish: pursu, formerly also pursi
- Icelandic: pors
- Norwegian Bokmål: pors, formerly also post
- Swedish: pors, formerly also post
Toponym:
- Bursibant, a region northwest of the Ems
- Postsee, a lake west of Preetz