Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/parruk

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; possibly from *parrō, variant of *sparrō (“bar, beam”) (whence *sparrijan (“to bar, block”)), +‎ *-uk. Compare also Proto-Germanic *barō (“beam, bar, barrier”). Alternatively borrowed from Medieval Latin parricus (“fence, enclosure”), instead of the other way around.

Noun

*parruk m

1. enclosure
2. pen (for animals)

Declension

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*parruk
Genitive	*parrukas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*parruk	*parrukō, *parrukōs
Accusative	*parruk	*parrukā
Genitive	*parrukas	*parrukō
Dative	*parrukē	*parrukum
Instrumental	*parruku	*parrukum

Alternative reconstructions

• *parrik

Descendants

• Old English: pearroc, pearruc
  • Middle English: parrok, parrock
    • Scots: parrock, paddock
    • English: parrock, paddock
• Old Saxon: *parrak, *perrik
  • Middle Low German: park, perk
    • German Low German: Park
  • → Old Norse: *parrak (alternatively from Old English)
    • Icelandic: *parrak
      • ⇒ Icelandic: parraka
    • ⇒ Faroese: parrak (adj)
• Old Dutch: *parrik, parc, (in placenames) park, perk
  • Middle Dutch: parric, perric, paerc, perc, parc (influenced by Old French parc)
    • Dutch: park
      • Afrikaans: park
      • → German: Park (partially)
        • → Lower Sorbian: park
      • → West Frisian: park
    • Dutch: perk
      • Afrikaans: perk
• Old High German: pfarrih, pferrih
  • Middle High German: pferrich, pherrich
    • Alemannic German: Färrich
    • German: Pferch
• →? Medieval Latin: parricus (see there for further descendants)