Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/pusô

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

Uncertain; has been compared to *pukô (“bag, pouch”) and onomatopoeic Proto-Indo-European *bew- (“to swell, inflate”). See also Middle Irish búas (“bag”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpu.sɔːː/

Noun

*pusô m[1]

  1. bag, sack, scrip

Inflection

Declension of *pusô (masculine an-stem)
singular plural
nominative *pusô *pusaniz
vocative *pusô *pusaniz
accusative *pusanų *pusanunz
genitive *pusiniz *pusanǫ̂
dative *pusini *pusammaz
instrumental *pusinē *pusammiz

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *pusō
    • Old English: pusa
      • ⇒ Old English: purs (merger of pusa and burse)
        • Middle English: purs, purse
          • English: purse (not a direct descendant, but from burse, but the initial p- is due to interference from pusa)
    • Old High German: pfoso, phoso
      • Middle High German: pfose, phose
        • ⇒ Middle High German: wehselpfose, wehselphose
  • Old Norse: posi

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*pusōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 293
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