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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/pulwī
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pulvinus.
Noun
*pulwī f
- pillow, cushion, bolster
- Synonyms: *bolstr, *kussīn, *wangī
Inflection
īn-stem | ||
---|---|---|
Singular | ||
Nominative | *pulwī | |
Genitive | *pulwīn | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *pulwī | — |
Accusative | *pulwīn | — |
Genitive | *pulwīn | — |
Dative | *pulwīn | — |
Instrumental | *pulwīn | — |
Derived terms
- *haubidapulwī
Descendants
- Old English: pylwe, pylu, pyle
- Middle English: pilwe, pilue, pilew, pelew, pilow, pylwe, pylow, pule, pyle, pile, pelewe, pilewe, pelowe, pilowe
- English: pillow
- → Maori: pera
- Scots: pillae
- English: pillow
- Middle English: pilwe, pilue, pilew, pelew, pilow, pylwe, pylow, pule, pyle, pile, pelewe, pilewe, pelowe, pilowe
- Old Frisian: pēl
- Saterland Frisian: Peel
- West Frisian: pel
- Old Saxon: puli
- Middle Low German: pȫl, pol, pȫle, poil, poll, pêl, pǖle, pule
- German Low German: Pöhl
- Middle Low German: pȫl, pol, pȫle, poil, poll, pêl, pǖle, pule
- Old Dutch: *puluwī
- Middle Dutch: poluwe
- Dutch: peluw
- Middle Dutch: poluwe
- Old High German: pfuluwī, phuluwī, pfuluwī, pfuliwī, phuliwī, pfulwī, phulwī
- Middle High German: pfulwe, pfülwe, phulwe, phülwe
- Alemannic German: Pfulme
- German: Pfühl
- Luxembourgish: Pillem
- Middle High German: pfulwe, pfülwe, phulwe, phülwe