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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/pulver

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 Latin pulverum, genitive plural of pulvis (dust, powder).

Noun

*pulver n

  1. powder

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
Singular
Nominative *pulver
Genitive *pulveras
Singular Plural
Nominative *pulver *pulveru
Accusative *pulver *pulveru
Genitive *pulveras *pulverō
Dative *pulverē *pulverum
Instrumental *pulveru *pulverum

Descendants

  • Old Saxon: *pulver
    • Middle Low German: pulver, pulfer, pulffer, polver
      • Danish: pulver
      • Norwegian: pulver
      • Swedish: pulver (see there for further descendants)
      • Faroese: pulvur
  • Old Dutch: *pulver
  • Old High German: pulver
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