Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/pumic

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 pūmicem, accusative singular of Latin pūmex (“pumice stone”).

Noun

*pumic m

1. pumice stone

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*pumic
Genitive	*pumicas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*pumic	*pumicō, *pumicōs
Accusative	*pumic	*pumicā
Genitive	*pumicas	*pumicō
Dative	*pumicē	*pumicum
Instrumental	*pumicu	*pumicum

Derived terms

• *pumicastain

Descendants

• Old English: pumiċ
• Old Saxon: *pumic
  • Middle Low German: pōmes, poͤmes, pēmes, pēmese, pēmetze, pēmetse, pēmse
• Old Dutch: *pumic
  • Middle Dutch: pomse, poms, ponse, pemse, pimse, pums, pumce
• Old High German: pumiz
  • Middle High German: pumeze, bumez, bimz
    • German: Bims
      • → Dutch: pims