Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/spellōną

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

Derived from *spellą (“story”) +‎ *-ōną.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈspel.lɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*spellōną^[1]^[2]

to talk, tell, recount

Inflection

Conjugation of (weak class 2)
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*spellō	*spellǭ	—	*spellōi	?
2nd singular	*spellōsi	*spellōs	*spellō	*spellōsai	*spellōsau
3rd singular	*spellōþi	*spellō	*spellōþau	*spellōþai	*spellōþau
1st dual	*spellōs	*spellōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*spellōþiz	*spellōþiz	*spellōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*spellōmaz	*spellōm	—	*spellōnþai	*spellōnþau
2nd plural	*spellōþ	*spellōþ	*spellōþ	*spellōnþai	*spellōnþau
3rd plural	*spellōnþi	*spellōn	*spellōnþau	*spellōnþai	*spellōnþau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*spellōdǭ	*spellōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*spellōdēz	*spellōdēdīz
3rd singular	*spellōdē	*spellōdēdī
1st dual	*spellōdēdū	*spellōdēdīw
2nd dual	*spellōdēdudiz	*spellōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*spellōdēdum	*spellōdēdīm
2nd plural	*spellōdēdud	*spellōdēdīd
3rd plural	*spellōdēdun	*spellōdēdīn

	present	past
participles	*spellōndz	*spellōdaz

Derived terms

*spellô

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *spellōn
- Old English: spellian
  - Middle English: spellen
    - English: spell
- Old Frisian: *spellia
  - West Frisian: spelle, spjelle, speldzje
- Old Dutch: *spellon
  - Middle Dutch: spellen
    - Dutch: spellen
    - Limburgish: spèlle
- Old High German: *spellōn
  - Middle High German: spellen
    - German: spellen (obsolete; dialectal)
  - ⇒ Old High German: gotspellōn
Old Norse: spjalla
- Icelandic: spjalla
Gothic: 𐍃𐍀𐌹𐌻𐌻𐍉𐌽 (spillōn)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*spella-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 466: “*spellōjan-”
^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*spellōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 363

[Kroonen-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*spella-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 466: “*spellōjan-”

[Orel-2] Vladimir Orel (2003) “*spellōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 363

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