Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/spellą

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 *spel(H)-o-, ultimately from *(s)pelH- (“to tell”). Common origin and cognate with Old Armenian առասպել (aṙaspel, “legend, proverb, riddle”).[1] Unrelated to *spil (“game, amusement”).

Noun

*spellą n

  1. news, message
  2. tale, story, legend

Inflection

Declension of *spellą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *spellą *spellō
vocative *spellą *spellō
accusative *spellą *spellō
genitive *spellas, *spillis *spellǫ̂
dative *spellai *spellamaz
instrumental *spellō *spellamiz

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *spell
    • Old English: spell, spel
      • Middle English: spell, spel
    • Old Saxon: spel
    • Old Dutch: spel
    • Old High German: spel
  • Old Norse: spjall
  • Gothic: 𐍃𐍀𐌹𐌻𐌻 (spill)

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*spella-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 466
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