Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/pulver

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 pulverum, genitive plural of pulvis (“dust, powder”).

Noun

*pulver n

powder

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*pulver
Genitive	*pulveras
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*pulver	*pulveru
Accusative	*pulver	*pulveru
Genitive	*pulveras	*pulverō
Dative	*pulverē	*pulverum
Instrumental	*pulveru	*pulverum

Descendants

Old Saxon: *pulver
- Middle Low German: pulver, pulfer, pulffer, polver
  - → Danish: pulver
  - → Norwegian: pulver
  - → Swedish: pulver (see there for further descendants)
  - → Faroese: pulvur
Old Dutch: *pulver
- Middle Dutch: pulver
  - Dutch: pulver
Old High German: pulver
- Middle High German: pulver, pulfer, bulver
  - Bavarian: Puiver, Pulver
  - German: Pulver
  - Hunsrik: Pulver
  - Mòcheno: pulver
  - Yiddish: פּולווער (pulver)

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