Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/papulā

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

Borrowed from Medieval Latin papulus, from Latin pōpulus (“poplar tree”).[1][2]

Noun

*papulā f

poplar, mallow

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*papulā
Genitive	*papulōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*papulā	*papulōn
Accusative	*papulōn	*papulōn
Genitive	*papulōn	*papulōnō
Dative	*papulōn	*papulōm
Instrumental	*papulōn	*papulōm

Derived terms

*papullijā
- Old Saxon: pappilla
*papulabaum
- Old Saxon: *papulbōm
  - Middle Low German: poppelbōm, pöppelbōm, popelbōm
- Old Dutch: *papulbōm
  - Middle Dutch: popelboom
    - Dutch: peppelboom
- Old High German: popelboum
  - Middle High German: papelboum, papeleboum
    - German: Pappelbaum

Descendants

Old Saxon: papula
- Middle Low German: poppele, popele, pöppele
  - German Low German: Pappel, Pöppel
  - → Danish: poppel
  - → Norwegian: poppel
Old Dutch: *papula
- Middle Dutch: pappel
  - Dutch: peppel (displaced by populier from Old French)
Old High German: papela, pappula
- Middle High German: papele, papel
  - German: Pappel

References

de Vries, Jan (1971), “populier”, in Nederlands etymologisch woordenboek [Dutch etymological dictionary] (in Dutch), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
Philippa, Marlies; Debrabandere, Frans; Quak, Arend; Schoonheim, Tanneke; van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009), “populier”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press

[1] Vries, Jan (1971), “populier”, in Nederlands etymologisch woordenboek [Dutch etymological dictionary] (in Dutch), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN

[2] Philippa, Marlies; Debrabandere, Frans; Quak, Arend; Schoonheim, Tanneke; van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009), “populier”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press