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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/spīwatjaną

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

Alternative reconstructions

  • *spūtijaną[1]

Etymology

From *spīwaną + *-atjaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspiː.u̯ɑt.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*spīwatjaną

  1. to spit
  2. to spout

Inflection

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *spīwattjan
    • Old English:
      • Middle English: spouten
    • Old Dutch:
      • Middle Dutch: spoiten
    • Old High German: spīwezen, spūwezen, spiuwezen
      • Middle High German: spiutzen, spūtzen
        • German: speuzen (archaic)
        • Luxembourgish: späizen
  • Old Norse: spýta

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*spūtjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 368
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