Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/parruk

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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

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Etymology

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Unknown; possibly from *parrō, variant of *sparrō (bar, beam)[1] (whence *sparrijan (to bar, block)), +‎ *-uk. Compare also Proto-Germanic *barō (beam, bar, barrier). Alternatively borrowed from Medieval Latin parricus (fence, enclosure),[2] instead of the other way around.

Noun

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*parruk m

  1. enclosure
  2. pen (for animals)

Declension

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Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *parruk
Genitive *parrukas
Singular Plural
Nominative *parruk *parrukō, *parrukōs
Accusative *parruk *parrukā
Genitive *parrukas *parrukō
Dative *parrukē *parrukum
Instrumental *parruku *parrukum

Alternative reconstructions

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  • *parrik

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) “park”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands[1] (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press
  2. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Pferch”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, pages 539-540
  3. ^ Hellquist, Elof (1922) “Parak”, in Svensk etymologisk ordbok [Swedish etymological dictionary]‎[2] (in Swedish), Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups förlag, page 483:laan fra ags. pearroc