Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/plastr

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 Medieval Latin plastrum.

Noun

*plastr n

1. plaster, bandage

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*plastr
Genitive	*plastras
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*plastr	*plastru
Accusative	*plastr	*plastru
Genitive	*plastras	*plastrō
Dative	*plastrē	*plastrum
Instrumental	*plastru	*plastrum

Reconstruction notes

Middle Germanic forms corrupted, if not displaced by Old French plastre, plaistre.

Alternative reconstructions

• *plāstr

Descendants

• Old English: plaster
  • Middle English: plaster, plastre, playster, plastir, plaistre
    • English: plaster
• Old Saxon: plāstar
  • Middle Low German: plaster, plāster, plastere
    • German Low German: Ploaster
    • Plautdietsch: Pleista
    • → Old Norse: plástr
      • Icelandic: plástur
      • Norwegian: plaster
      • Old Swedish: plaster
        • Swedish: plåster
      • Danish: plaster
• Old Dutch: *plastar
  • Middle Dutch: plaster, plastre, plaester, plaister
    • Dutch: pleister
      • Negerhollands: pleester
      • → Indonesian: plester
      • → Caribbean Javanese: plèster
      • → Papiamentu: pleister, pleistu
• Old High German: pflastar, pflāstar
  • Middle High German: pflaster
    • German: Pflaster
      • → Polish: plaster