< Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic
Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/pursaz
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Unknown.
Noun
*pursaz m
- gale (Myrica gale)
- Synonym: *gagulaz
Inflection
masculine a-stemDeclension of *pursaz (masculine a-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *pursaz | *pursōz, *pursōs | |
vocative | *purs | *pursōz, *pursōs | |
accusative | *pursą | *pursanz | |
genitive | *pursas, *pursis | *pursǫ̂ | |
dative | *pursai | *pursamaz | |
instrumental | *pursō | *pursamiz |
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *pors
- Old Saxon:
- Middle Low German: pors, porst
- → German: Porst, Porste f, Porsch m, Porsche f, Post m, Posch m, Pos m
- Middle Low German: pors, porst
- Old High German:
- Middle High German: bors, borse, borser
- German: Bors, Berz, Birz m or f (obsolete, dialectal)
- Middle High German: bors, borse, borser
- Old Saxon:
- Old Norse: pors
- Danish: pors, formerly also post
- Gutnish: purs
- → Finnish: pursu, formerly also pursi
- Icelandic: pors
- Norwegian Bokmål: pors, formerly also post
- Swedish: pors, formerly also post
- Toponym:
- Bursibant, a region northwest of the Ems
- Postsee, a lake west of Preetz