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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
  • 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
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