Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/purpurīn

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 *purpurā (“purple”) +‎ *-īn.

Adjective

*purpurīn

1. purple

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*purpurīn
Genitive	*purpurīnas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*purpurīn	*purpurīnu	*purpurīn
Accusative	*purpurīnanā	*purpurīnā	*purpurīn
Genitive	*purpurīnas	*purpurīneʀā	*purpurīnas
Dative	*purpurīnumē	*purpurīneʀē	*purpurīnumē
Instrumental	*purpurīnu	*purpurīneʀu	*purpurīnu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*purpurīnē	*purpurīnō	*purpurīnu
Accusative	*purpurīnā	*purpurīnā	*purpurīnu
Genitive	*purpurīneʀō	*purpurīneʀō	*purpurīneʀō
Dative	*purpurīnēm, *purpurīnum	*purpurīnēm, *purpurīnum	*purpurīnēm, *purpurīnum
Instrumental	*purpurīnēm, *purpurīnum	*purpurīnēm, *purpurīnum	*purpurīnēm, *purpurīnum

Descendants

• Old English: purpuren
• Old Saxon: *purpurīn
  • Middle High German: purpuren, purporen, purperen
• Old Dutch: *purpurīn
  • Middle High German: purperin, purperen, purperijn
    • Dutch: purperen
• Old High German: purpurīn
  • Middle High German: purperīn, purpurīn, purprīn
    • German: purpurn

See also

Colors in Proto-West Germanic · *farwō (layout · text)

*blaik, *blank, *hwīt, *blas	*falu, *grāu, *hasu, *grīs, *hair	*blak, *swart
*raud	*brūn, *erp, *dunn/dusn	*gelu
*grōnī	*grōnī
	*blāu	*blāu
*blāu	*purpurā