Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/porr

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

From Latin porrum.

Noun

*porr n

1. leek

   Synonym: *lauk

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*porr
Genitive	*porras
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*porr	*porru
Accusative	*porr	*porru
Genitive	*porras	*porrō
Dative	*porrē	*porrum
Instrumental	*porru	*porrum

Alternative reconstructions

• porrō

Derived terms

• *porralauk
  • Old English: porlēac
  • Old Saxon: *porrolōk
    • Middle Low German: porlôk
  • Old Dutch: *porlouc, *porlōc
    • Middle Dutch: porlooc, poorlooc
      • Dutch: poorlook

Descendants

• Old English: porr, por
  • >? Middle English: porre (possibly reborrowed from Latin)
• Old Saxon: porro m
  • Middle Low German: por
  • ⇒ Old Saxon: *porruk (diminutive)
    • Middle Low German: pork m
  • → Old Norse: porri
• Old Dutch: *porr, *por
  • Middle Dutch: por, *pore, poor, puer m
    • Dutch: poor
    • Limburgish: poor
• Old High German: pforro, phorro m
  • Middle High German: pforre, phorre, pfarre