Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kopr
Proto-West Germanic edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin cuprum (“copper”).[1]
Noun edit
*kopr n
Inflection edit
Neuter a-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *kopr | |
Genitive | *kopras | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *kopr | *kopru |
Accusative | *kopr | *kopru |
Genitive | *kopras | *koprō |
Dative | *koprē | *koprum |
Instrumental | *kopru | *koprum |
Alternative reconstructions edit
- *koppr
Descendants edit
References edit
- ^ Miller, D. Gary (2012 June 13) “Early loanwords from Latin and Greek”, in External Influences on English: From its Beginnings to the Renaissance, Oxford University Press, , →ISBN, § 4.5, page 65.
- ^ de Vries, Jan (1977) “koparr”, in Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Old Norse Etymological Dictionary] (in German), 2nd revised edition, Leiden: Brill