*pusô

Runic: ᛈᚢᛊᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈpu.sɔːː/

noun · masculine · an-stem

Meanings

bag, sack, scrip

Etymology

Uncertain; has been compared to *pukô (‘bag, pouch’) and onomatopoeic Proto-Indo-European *bew- (‘to swell, inflate’). See also Middle Irish búas (‘bag’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	pusô	pusaniz
Acc.	pusanų	pusanunz
Gen.	pusiniz	pusanǫ̂
Dat.	pusini	pusammaz
Inst.	pusinē	pusammiz
Voc.	pusô	pusaniz

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Descendants

*pusō (Proto-West Germanic)
- pusa (Old English)
  - purs (Old English)
    - purs, purse (Middle English)
      - purse (English)
*pusō (Proto-West Germanic)
- pfoso, phoso (Old High German)
  - pfose, phose (Middle High German)
    - wehselpfose, wehselphose (Middle High German)
posi (Old Norse)
- posi (Faroese)
- puse, pus', pusa, pusi (Gutnish)
- posi (Icelandic)
- pos (Norn)
- pose (Norwegian)
posi (Old Norse)
- posæ (Old Danish)
  - pose (Danish)
posi (Old Norse)
- posi, pusi (Old Swedish)
  - pussi (Finnish)
  - påse (Swedish)

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