Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/puttaz

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

Of uncertain origin. Orel considers the word as cognate to or possibly borrowed from Latin buttis (“barrel”).[1] An older theory by Petersson derives the word from Pre-Germanic *butnós or *budnós (“a kind of vessel, swelled-out shape”), from Proto-Indo-European *bewd- (“to swell”), possibly cognate to Proto-Slavic *bъdьňa (“tub, cask”) (if not a borrowing from Germanic); compare also Old Armenian պոյտն (poytn, “pot, earthen pot”).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈput.tɑz/

Noun

*puttaz m

  1. pot, jar, tub

Inflection

Declension of *puttaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *puttaz *puttōz, *puttōs
vocative *putt *puttōz, *puttōs
accusative *puttą *puttanz
genitive *puttas, *puttis *puttǫ̂
dative *puttai *puttamaz
instrumental *puttō *puttamiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *pott
    • Old English: pott
    • Old Frisian: pott, pot
      • Saterland Frisian: Pot
      • West Frisian: pôt
    • Old Saxon: *pott
      • Middle Low German: pott, pot
        • German Low German: Pott
        • Low German: pot
        • → Middle High German: pot
    • Old Dutch: pot (in placenames)
    • → Vulgar Latin: *pottus, *pottum
  • Old Norse: pottr

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*puttaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 293
  2. ^ Petersson, Herbert (1916) “Beiträge zur armenischen Wortkunde”, in Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung (in German), volume 47, number 3/4, page 254 of 240–291
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