Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gips

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 gypsum.

Noun

*gips m

1. plaster

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*gips
Genitive	*gipsas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*gips	*gipsō, *gipsōs
Accusative	*gips	*gipsā
Genitive	*gipsas	*gipsō
Dative	*gipsē	*gipsum
Instrumental	*gipsu	*gipsum

Descendants

• Old Saxon: *gips
  • Middle Low German: gips
    • → Danish: gips
    • → Norwegian: gips
    • → Swedish: gips
• Old Dutch: *gips
  • Middle Dutch: ghips
    • Dutch: gips
      • Afrikaans: gips
      • → West Frisian: gips
      • → Indonesian: gips
      • → Japanese: ギプス
      • → Korean: 깁스 (gipseu)
• Old High German: gips
  • Middle High German: gips
    • German: Gips (see there for further descendants)
    • → Polish: gips