Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/pumic

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 pūmicem, accusative singular of Latin pūmex (“pumice stone”).

Noun

*pumic m

  1. pumice stone

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *pumic
Genitive *pumicas
Singular Plural
Nominative *pumic *pumicō, *pumicōs
Accusative *pumic *pumicā
Genitive *pumicas *pumicō
Dative *pumicē *pumicum
Instrumental *pumicu *pumicum

Derived terms

  • *pumicastain

Descendants

  • Old English: pumiċ
  • Old Saxon: *pumic
    • Middle Low German: pōmes, poͤmes, pēmes, pēmese, pēmetze, pēmetse, pēmse
  • Old Dutch: *pumic
    • Middle Dutch: pomse, poms, ponse, pemse, pimse, pums, pumce
  • Old High German: pumiz
    • Middle High German: pumeze, bumez, bimz
      • German: Bims
        • → Dutch: pims
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