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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin cuprum (“copper”).[1]
Noun
[edit]*kopr n
Inflection
[edit]| 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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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, , →ISBN, § 4.5, page 65.
- ^ de Vries, Jan (1977) “koparr”, in Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Old Norse Etymological Dictionary][1] (in German), 2nd revised edition, Leiden: Brill