Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/perwinkā

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 Late Latin pervinca. Cognate with Old French pervenche, Italian pervinca. Continental Germanic forms corrupted by *berō (“bear”), found in *beranwurti (“bearwort, baldmoney”).

Noun

*perwinkā f

1. periwinkle

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*pirwinkā
Genitive	*pirwinkōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*pirwinkā	*pirwinkōn
Accusative	*pirwinkōn	*pirwinkōn
Genitive	*pirwinkōn	*pirwinkōnō
Dative	*pirwinkōn	*pirwinkōm, *pirwinkum
Instrumental	*pirwinkōn	*pirwinkōm, *pirwinkum

Alternative reconstructions

• *berawinkā, *beranwinkā

Derived terms

• *perwinkilā, *berawinkilā, *beranwinkilā
  • Old English: *perwincla, winewincla
    • Middle English: pervyncle, peruynkkle
      • English: periwinkle
  • Old Saxon: *berawinkila, *beranwinkila
    • Middle Low German: berwinkel, brunwinkel

Descendants

• Old English: perfince, perwince
  • Middle English: perwinke
• Old High German: berawinka, berawinca, berwinka
  • Middle High German: berewinke, berwinke
    • German: Beerwinck
    • → Czech: barvínek (see there for further descendants)