Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/puttaz
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editFrom Pre-Germanic *butnós or *budnós (“a kind of vessel, swelled-out shape”), from Proto-Indo-European *bewd- (“to swell”), possibly cognate to Proto-Slavic *bъdьňa (“tub, cask”) (if not a borrowing from Germanic). Compare also Old Armenian պոյտն (poytn, “pot, earthen pot”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit*puttaz m
Inflection
editmasculine a-stemDeclension of *puttaz (masculine a-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *puttaz | *puttōz, *puttōs | |
vocative | *putt | *puttōz, *puttōs | |
accusative | *puttą | *puttanz | |
genitive | *puttas, *puttis | *puttǫ̂ | |
dative | *puttai | *puttamaz | |
instrumental | *puttō | *puttamiz |
Descendants
edit- Proto-West Germanic: *pott
- Old Norse: pottr
References
edit- Petersson, Herbert (1916) “Beiträge zur armenischen Wortkunde”, in Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung (in German), volume 47, number 3/4, page 254 of 240–291