Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/spitą

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

Related to *spitō (“rod, spike, skewer”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspi.tɑ̃/

Noun

*spitą n

  1. rod; spike; skewer

Inflection

Declension of *spitą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *spitą *spitō
vocative *spitą *spitō
accusative *spitą *spitō
genitive *spitas, *spitis *spitǫ̂
dative *spitai *spitamaz
instrumental *spitō *spitamiz

Descendants

  • Old Saxon: *spit
    • Middle Low German: spit n
      • German Low German: Spitt
      • → Norwegian: spidd (possibly)
      • → Old Swedish: spit
        • Swedish: spett (possibly)
      • → Danish: spid (possibly)
  • Frankish: *spit
    • Old Dutch: *spit
    • → Old French: espeiz
      • Middle French: espois
        • French: épois
    • → Old Occitan:
    • → Late Latin: spidus
  • Old High German: spiz n or m
    • Middle High German: spiz
  • Gothic: *𐍃𐍀𐌹𐍄𐌿𐍃 (*spitus)

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*spitan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 365
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