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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 and onomatopoeic Proto-Indo-European *bew- (to swell, inflate).

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpu.sɔːː/

Noun

*pusô m

  1. bag, sack, scrip

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension 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

  • 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: pfosa
  • Old Norse: posi
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