Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sparaz

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sph̥₁-ro-s, from *speh₁- (“to succeed, prosper”). Particularly close cognate with Sanskrit स्फिर (sphirá, “fat”), Latin prosperus (“favorable, lucky”).[1]

Adjective

*sparaz[1]

  1. sparing, frugal

Inflection

Declension of *sparaz (a-stem)
Strong declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *sparaz *sparō *sparą, -atō *sparai *sparôz *sparō
accusative *sparanǭ *sparǭ *sparą, -atō *sparanz *sparōz *sparō
genitive *sparas, -is *sparaizōz *sparas, -is *sparaizǫ̂ *sparaizǫ̂ *sparaizǫ̂
dative *sparammai *sparaizōi *sparammai *sparaimaz *sparaimaz *sparaimaz
instrumental *sparanō *sparaizō *sparanō *sparaimiz *sparaimiz *sparaimiz
Weak declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *sparô *sparǭ *sparô *sparaniz *sparōniz *sparōnō
accusative *sparanų *sparōnų *sparô *sparanunz *sparōnunz *sparōnō
genitive *spariniz *sparōniz *spariniz *sparanǫ̂ *sparōnǫ̂ *sparanǫ̂
dative *sparini *sparōni *sparini *sparammaz *sparōmaz *sparammaz
instrumental *sparinē *sparōnē *sparinē *sparammiz *sparōmiz *sparammiz

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *spar
    • Old English: spær
    • Old Dutch: *spar
    • Old High German: spar (“sparse”)
  • Old Norse: sparr

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*spara-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 465
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