Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/peru

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 Vulgar Latin pira f, Latin pirum n (“pear”).

Noun

*peru f

1. pear

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*peru
Genitive	*perā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*peru	*perō
Accusative	*perā	*perā
Genitive	*perā	*perō
Dative	*perē	*perōm, *perum
Instrumental	*peru	*perōm, *perum

Alternative reconstructions

• *piru, *perā, *pirā

Descendants

• Old English: peru, pere
  • Middle English: pere, peere, per, peire, peore, peare
    • English: pear
    • Scots: peer, peir
• Old Frisian: *pere
  • Saterland Frisian: Pere
  • West Frisian: par
• Old Saxon: *pera
  • Middle Low German: bêre, pêre
    • German Low German:

      North Low German:

      Grafschaftish: Beäre

      Low Prussian, Westphalian (Westmünsterländisch): Peer

      Westphalian:

      Sauerländisch: Biär, Biäre (Sündern, Assinghausen, Elpe, Kirchhundem), Bier (Balve), Beere (Brilon, Wenden), Bäre (Niedersfeld), Biare (Drolshagen, Olpe)

      Westmünsterländisch: Peere

      South Westphalian: Beär (Dortmund)

    • → Old Norse: pera
      • Norwegian: pære
      • Danish: pære
        • → Greenlandic: pære
      • Swedish: päron
        • → Finnish: päärynä
• Old Dutch: *pera
  • Middle Dutch: pēre
    • Dutch: peer
      • Afrikaans: peer
      • Jersey Dutch: pêr
      • → Aukan: peli
      • → Saramaccan: péíli (from the diminutive form)