Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/portā

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 porta (“gateway, passage”).

Noun

*portā f

portal, gateway

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*portā
Genitive	*portōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*portā	*portōn
Accusative	*portōn	*portōn
Genitive	*portōn	*portōnō
Dative	*portōn	portōm, portum
Instrumental	*portōn	portōm, portum

Descendants

Old English: porte
- Middle English: porte, port (and Old French porte)
  - English: port
Old Frisian: porte
- North Frisian: portte
Old Saxon: porta
- Middle Low German: pōrte, porte, pōrt, port
  - → Old Norse: port
    - Danish: port
    - Swedish: port
      - → Finnish: portti
Old Dutch: porta
- Middle Dutch: porte (reinforced by Old French porte)
  - Dutch: poort
Old High German: pforta
- Middle High German: pforte, pforze
  - German: Pforte
  - → Old Polish: forta
    - Polish: furta
  - → Old Ruthenian: форта (forta)
    - ⇒ Belarusian: фортка (fórtka)
    - ⇒ Ukrainian: хвіртка (xvirtka)