Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/pusô

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

Uncertain; has been compared to *pukô and onomatopoeic Proto-Indo-European *bew- (“to swell, inflate”).

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpu.sɔːː/

Noun

*pusô m

1. bag, sack, scrip

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *pusô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*pusô	*pusaniz
vocative	*pusô	*pusaniz
accusative	*pusanų	*pusanunz
genitive	*pusiniz	*pusanǫ̂
dative	*pusini	*pusammaz
instrumental	*pusinē	*pusammiz

Synonyms

• *balgiz
• *keudō
• *malhō
• *puk(k)ô
• *pungô
• *seudaz

Descendants

• Old English: pusa
  • English: purse (not a direct descendant, but from burse, but the initial p- is due to interference from pusa)
• Old High German: pfosa
• Old Norse: posi
  • Icelandic: posi
  • Faroese: posi
  • Norn: pos
  • Norwegian: pose
  • Old Swedish: posi, pusi
    • Swedish: påse
    • → Finnish: pussi
  • Old Danish: posæ
    • Danish: pose
  • Gutnish: puse, pus', pusa, pusi