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

piglet
Synonym: *swīn

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*poggō
Genitive	puggini, poggan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*poggō	*poggan
Accusative	*poggan	*poggan
Genitive	puggini, poggan	*pogganō
Dative	puggini, poggan	*puggum
Instrumental	puggini, poggan	*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

^ 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

[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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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/puggō

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