Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kopr

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 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 Latin cuprum (“copper”).[1]

Noun

*kopr n

  1. copper

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
Singular
Nominative *kopr
Genitive *koppras
Singular Plural
Nominative *kopr *koppru
Accusative *kopr *koppru
Genitive *koppras *kopprō
Dative *kopprē *kopprum
Instrumental *koppru *kopprum

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Miller, D. Gary (2012 June 13) “Early loanwords from Latin and Greek”, in External Influences on English: From its Beginnings to the Renaissance, Oxford University Press, →DOI, →ISBN, § 4.5, page 65.
  2. ^ de Vries, Jan (1977) “koparr”, in Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Old Norse Etymological Dictionary] (in German), 2nd revised edition, Leiden: Brill
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