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

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
- Icelandic: posi
- Faroese: posi
- Norn: pos
- Norwegian: pose
- Old Swedish: posi, pusi
  - Swedish: påse
  - → Finnish: pussi
- Old Danish: posæ
  - Danish: pose
- Gutnish: puse, pus', pusa, pusi

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