Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/porr

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

From Latin porrum.

Noun

*porr n

leek
Synonym: *lauk

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*porr
Genitive	*porras
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*porr	*porru
Accusative	*porr	*porru
Genitive	*porras	*porrō
Dative	*porrē	*porrum
Instrumental	*porru	*porrum

Alternative reconstructions

porrō

Derived terms

*porralauk
- Old English: porlēac
- Old Saxon: *porrolōk
  - Middle Low German: porlôk
- Old Dutch: *porlouc, *porlōc
  - Middle Dutch: porlooc, poorlooc
    - Dutch: poorlook

Descendants

Old English: porr, por
- >? Middle English: porre (possibly reborrowed from Latin)
Old Saxon: porro m
- Middle Low German: por
- ⇒ Old Saxon: *porruk (diminutive)
  - Middle Low German: pork m
- → Old Norse: porri
Old Dutch: *porr, *por
- Middle Dutch: por, *pore, poor, puer m
  - Dutch: poor
  - Limburgish: poor
Old High German: pforro, phorro m
- Middle High German: pforre, phorre, pfarre

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