Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/porr

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

From Latin porrum.

Noun

*porr n

  1. leek
    Synonym: *lauk

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
Singular
Nominative *porr
Genitive *porras
Singular Plural
Nominative *porr *porru
Accusative *porr *porru
Genitive *porras *porrō
Dative *porrē *porrum
Instrumental *porru *porrum

Alternative reconstructions

  • porrō

Derived terms

  • *porralauk
    • Old English: porlēac
    • Old Saxon: *porrolōk
      • Middle Low German: porlôk
    • Old Dutch: *porlouc, *porlōc
      • Middle Dutch: porlooc, poorlooc
        • Dutch: poorlook

Descendants

  • Old English: porr, por
    • >? Middle English: porre (possibly reborrowed from Latin)
  • Old Saxon: porro m
    • Middle Low German: por
    • ⇒ Old Saxon: *porruk (diminutive)
      • Middle Low German: pork m
    • → Old Norse: porri
  • Old Dutch: *porr, *por
  • Old High German: pforro, phorro m
    • Middle High German: pforre, phorre, pfarre
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