Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/puggō

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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/puggō

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

Unknown; suggested to be related to *biggō (“piglet”), though phonologically problematic, perhaps pointing to a substrate borrowing.[1] Alternatively, based on Middle Low German pū̂ke, puyke (“piglet”), perhaps from a root *pū̆k- of uncertain meaning +‎ *-gō.

Noun

*puggō m

1. piglet

   Synonym: *swīn

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*puggō
Genitive	*puggini, *puggan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*puggō	*puggan
Accusative	*puggan	*puggan
Genitive	*puggini, *puggan	*pugganō
Dative	*puggini, *puggan	*puggum
Instrumental	*puggini, *puggan	*puggum

Alternative reconstructions

• *piggō

Descendants

• Old English: *picga, *pycga
  • Middle English: pigge, peg, pig, pige, pigh, pygge
    • English: pig (see there for further descendants)
    • Scots: pig
    • Yola: piggès
• Old Saxon: *puggo
  • Middle Low German: pugge (variant of pûke)
• Old Dutch: *puggo; *pugga
  • Middle Dutch: pugge, pogge, *pegge; pigge f
    • ⇒ Middle Dutch: puggen n
    • ⇒ Middle Dutch: pegsken n

References

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