Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/plōgaz

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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[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Possibly borrowed from Proto-Celtic *ɸlowyos, *ɸlowī (rudder), from Proto-Indo-European *plów-yo-s (ship), from the root *plew- (to fly, flow, run). Compare Albanian plor (prow of a boat; ploughshare).[1]

Alinei also mentions the Latin plaumoratum (Pliny the Elder, Naturalis historia 18.69), with the second element possibly relating to the family of Latin rota, Proto-Celtic *rotos and Proto-Germanic *raþą (wheel). Guus Kroonen has suggested a connection of the Germanic and the Latin words to *plehan (to take responsibility, care) (“to care for one’s life” > “to plow”); compare Old High German pfluog (livelihood) and Icelandic plógur, plóg (profit), which could nevertheless point as well to the opposite morpho-semantic evolution. Otherwise he proposes a connection with Proto-Germanic *plag/kkōn- (rag, sod), which seems a bit far-fetched.[2]

Noun[edit]

*plōgaz m

  1. plough

Inflection[edit]

masculine a-stemDeclension of *plōgaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *plōgaz *plōgōz, *plōgōs
vocative *plōg *plōgōz, *plōgōs
accusative *plōgą *plōganz
genitive *plōgas, *plōgis *plōgǫ̂
dative *plōgai *plōgamaz
instrumental *plōgō *plōgamiz

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Alinei, Mario (2000), Origini delle lingue d’Europa, vol. 2, Bologna: Il Mulino, page 567 ff.
  2. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2009), “plōga-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic, consulted online.
  3. ^ ploum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)