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

1. down feather

Inflection

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

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)