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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fūlaz

This Proto-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-Germanic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *púH-lo-s, from *puH- (to be rotten; putrid). Cognate with Lithuanian pū́ti (to rot), Latin pūs (foul, corrupt matter; pus), Sanskrit पूयति (pūyati, rots, smells), Persian پوسیدن (pusidan, to rot).[1]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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*fūlaz

  1. foul, dirty
  2. rotten

Inflection

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*fūla-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 158