Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/plantu

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 planta (“plant”).

Noun

*plantu f

1. plant, shoot

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*plantu
Genitive	*plantā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*plantu	*plantō
Accusative	*plantā	*plantā
Genitive	*plantā	*plantō
Dative	*plantē	*plantōm, *plantum
Instrumental	*plantu	*plantōm, *plantum

Derived terms

• *plantōn

Descendants

• Old English: plante
  • Middle English: plante
    • English: plant
• Old Saxon: *planta
  • Middle Low German: plante, plant
    • German Low German: Plante
• Old High German: pflanza
  • Middle High German: pflanze
    • German: Pflanze