Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gips

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

Borrowed from Latin gypsum.[1]

Noun

*gips m

  1. plaster

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *gips
Genitive *gipsas
Singular Plural
Nominative *gips *gipsō, *gipsōs
Accusative *gips *gipsā
Genitive *gipsas *gipsō
Dative *gipsē *gipsum
Instrumental *gipsu *gipsum

Descendants

  • Old Saxon: *gips
  • Old Dutch: *gips
  • Old High German: gips
    • Middle High German: gips
      • German: Gips (see there for further descendants)
      • → Polish: gips

References

  1. ^ de Vries, Jan (1971) “gips”, in Nederlands etymologisch woordenboek [Dutch etymological dictionary] (in Dutch), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
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