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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/plastr

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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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Vulgar Latin *plastrum.[1]

Noun

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*plastr n

  1. plaster, bandage

Inflection

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Neuter a-stem
Singular
Nominative *plastr
Genitive *plastras
Singular Plural
Nominative *plastr *plastru
Accusative *plastr *plastru
Genitive *plastras *plastrō
Dative *plastrē *plastrum
Instrumental *plastru *plastrum

Reconstruction notes

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Middle Germanic forms corrupted, if not displaced by Old French plastre, plaistre.

Alternative reconstructions

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  • *plāstr

Descendants

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 de Vries, Jan (1971) “plaaster”, in Nederlands etymologisch woordenboek [Dutch etymological dictionary] (in Dutch), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN