Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/pusalōn

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

From Proto-Germanic *pusalōną (“to breathe hard, pant, huff”), from Proto-Germanic *pus- (“to blow, inflate”).

Verb

*pusalōn

to breathe hard repeatedly, pant
to breathe heavily due to exertion or frustration; huff and puff
to tinker, puzzle out

Inflection

Class 2 weak
Infinitive	*pusalōn
1st sg. past	*pusalōdā
Infinitive	*pusalōn
Genitive infin.	*pusalōnijas
Dative infin.	*pusalōnijē
Instrum. infin.	*pusalōniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*pusalō	*pusalōdā
2nd singular	*pusalōs	pusalōdēs, pusalōdōs
3rd singular	*pusalōþ	pusalōdē, pusalōdā
1st plural	*pusalōm	*pusalōdum
2nd plural	*pusalōþ	*pusalōdud
3rd plural	*pusalōnþ	*pusalōdun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*pusalō	*pusalōdī
2nd singular	*pusalōs	*pusalōdī
3rd singular	*pusalō	*pusalōdī
1st plural	*pusalōm	*pusalōdīm
2nd plural	*pusalōþ	*pusalōdīd
3rd plural	*pusalōn	*pusalōdīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*pusalō
Plural	*pusalōþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*pusalōndī	*pusalōd

Alternative reconstructions

*pūsalōn

Related terms

*pos
*pusō
*pusōn/*pūsōn
*pūstu/*pūst
*pūstōn

Descendants

Old English: puslian
- Middle English: *puslen
  - >? English: puzzle
    - → Dutch: puzzelen
      - → West Frisian: puzzelje
  - Scots: pousle, pouzle, poozle (“to trifle; poke or potter around aimlessly; search about with uncertainty”)
Old Frisian: *puslia
- Saterland Frisian: puzelje
- West Frisian: peuzelje (possibly from Dutch)
Old Saxon: *pusalōn
- Middle Low German: *puselen, *pusselen
  - German Low German: pusseln, püsseln, pöseln (alternatively, of Nordic origin)
    - →? German: posseln
Old Dutch: *pusalon
- Middle Dutch: pueselen
  - Dutch: peuzelen
    - Afrikaans: peusel