Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/portik

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 porticus.

Noun

*portik m

1. hall, vestibule

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*purtik
Genitive	*purtikas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*purtik	*purtikō, *purtikōs
Accusative	*purtik	*purtikā
Genitive	*purtikas	*purtikō
Dative	*purtikē	*purtikum
Instrumental	*purtiku	*purtikum

Descendants

• Old English: portiċ
• Old Saxon: *portik
  • Middle Low German: portik
    • → Swedish: portik
• Old Dutch: *portik
  • Middle Dutch: portinc
• Old High German: pforzih
  • Middle High German: pforzich