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

1. 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)