Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/parruk

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Alternative forms

*parrik

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *parrukaz (“fence, enclosure”).

Noun

*parruk m

enclosure
pen (for animals)

Declension

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

Descendants

Old English: pearroc, pearruc
- Middle English: parrok, parrock
  - Scots: parrock, paddock
  - English: parrock, paddock
Old Saxon: *parrik, *perrik
- Middle Low German: park, perk
Old Dutch: *parrik, parc, (in placenames) park, perk
- Middle Dutch: parric, perric, paerc, perc, parc (influenced by Old French parc)
  - Dutch: park
    - → German: Park (partially)
      - → Lower Sorbian: park
  - Dutch: perk
Old High German: pfarrih, pferrih
- Middle High German: pferrich, pherrich
  - Alemannic German: Färrich
  - German: Pferch
→ Vulgar Latin: parricus, parcus (see there for further descendants)