Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/portā

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 porta (“gateway, passage”).

Noun

*portā f

1. portal, gateway

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*portā
Genitive	*portōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*portā	*portōn
Accusative	*portōn	*portōn
Genitive	*portōn	*portōnō
Dative	*portōn	*portōm, *portum
Instrumental	*portōn	*portōm, *portum

Descendants

• Old English: porte
  • Middle English: porte, port (and Old French porte)
    • English: port
• Old Frisian: porte
  • North Frisian: portte
• Old Saxon: porta
  • Middle Low German: pōrte, porte, pōrt, port
    • → Old Norse: port
      • Danish: port
      • Swedish: port
        • → Finnish: portti
• Old Dutch: porta
  • Middle Dutch: porte (reinforced by Old French porte)
    • Dutch: poort
• Old High German: pforta
  • Middle High German: pforte, pforze
    • German: Pforte
    • → Old Polish: forta
      • Polish: furta
    • → Old Ruthenian: форта (forta)
      • ⇒ Belarusian: фортка (fórtka)
      • ⇒ Ukrainian: хвіртка (xvirtka)