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

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
    - →⇒ Chinese: 啤梨 (pílí)
    - →⇒ Khmer: ផ្លែភា (phlae phiə)
    - → Sotho: pere
    - → Thai: แพร์ (pɛɛ)
    - → Tokelauan: pea
    - → Xhosa: ipere
  - Scots: peer, peir
  - → Scottish Gaelic: peur
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)