Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/papulā

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 Medieval Latin papulus, from Latin pōpulus (“poplar tree”).

Noun

*papulā f

1. poplar, mallow

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*papulā
Genitive	*papulōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*papulā	*papulōn
Accusative	*papulōn	*papulōn
Genitive	*papulōn	*papulōnō
Dative	*papulōn	*papulōm, *papulum
Instrumental	*papulōn	*papulōm, *papulum

Derived terms

• *papullijā
  • Old Saxon: pappilla
• *papulabaum
  • Old Saxon: *papulbōm
    • Middle Low German: poppelbōm, pöppelbōm, popelbōm
  • Old Dutch: *papulbōm
    • Middle Dutch: popelboom
      • Dutch: peppelboom
  • Old High German: popelboum
    • Middle High German: papelboum, papeleboum
      • German: Pappelbaum

Descendants

• Old Saxon: papula
  • Middle Low German: poppele, popele, pöppele
    • German Low German: Pappel, Pöppel
    • → Danish: poppel
    • → Norwegian: poppel
• Old Dutch: *papula
  • Middle Dutch: pappel
    • Dutch: peppel (largely displaced by populier from Old French)
• Old High German: papela, pappula
  • Middle High German: papele, papel
    • German: Pappel