Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/plūmu

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 plūma (“feather, plume”).

Noun

*plūmu f

down feather

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*plūmu
Genitive	*plūmā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*plūmu	*plūmō
Accusative	*plūmā	*plūmā
Genitive	*plūmā	*plūmō
Dative	*plūmē	*plūmōm
Instrumental	*plūmu	*plūmōm

Derived terms

*plūmōn
*plūmufeþru

Descendants

Old Saxon: *plūma
- Middle Low German: plūme, plǖme, ployme, pleume
Old Dutch: *plūma
- Middle Dutch: plūme
  - Dutch: pluim
Old High German: *pflūma
- Middle High German: pflūme
  - German: Pflaum, Pflaume (archaic)
  - → German: Flaum (from East Central German)

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