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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/spōlijan

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

Unknown;[1] possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pleh₃- (to swim, flow); or possibly from a lost Proto-Germanic verb *spalaną (to flow, wash).

Alternatively, perhaps derived from or related to Proto-West Germanic *spōwijan (to spray, squirt, flush) and/or Proto-West Germanic *spūjōn (to spew, spurt).

Verb

*spōlijan

  1. to wash
  2. to rinse, flush

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive *spōlijan
1st sg. past *spōlidā
Infinitive *spōlijan
Genitive infin. *spōlijannjas
Dative infin. *spōlijannjē
Instrum. infin. *spōlijannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *spōliju *spōlidā
2nd singular *spōlisi *spōlidēs, *spōlidōs
3rd singular *spōliþi *spōlidē, *spōlidā
1st plural *spōlijum *spōlidum
2nd plural *spōliþ *spōlidud
3rd plural *spōlijanþ *spōlidun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *spōlijē *spōlidī
2nd singular *spōlijēs *spōlidī
3rd singular *spōlijē *spōlidī
1st plural *spōlijēm *spōlidīm
2nd plural *spōlijēþ *spōlidīd
3rd plural *spōlijēn *spōlidīn
Imperative Present
Singular *spōli
Plural *spōliþ
Present Past
Participle *spōlijandī *spōlid

Descendants

  • >? Old English: *spȳlian (for *spēlan ?)
  • Old Frisian: *spēla
    • Saterland Frisian: späile
    • West Frisian: spiele
  • Old Saxon: *spōlian
    • Middle Low German: spôlen, spoelen, spö̂len
      • German Low German:
        Altmärkisch, Westphalian (Bentheimisch, Westmünsterländisch): spöölen
        Ostfriesisch: spölen
        Westphalian:
        Dortmundisch: spaẹ̆len
        Sauerländisch (Brilon, Elpe, Schmallenberg, Drolshagen, Elspe, Kirchhundem, Selbecke), East Westphalian (Lippe): spoilen
        Sauerländisch: spailen (Kurköln), spauelen (Niedersfeld), spülen (Wenden)
      • Danish: spule
      • Norwegian: spyle
      • Swedish: spola
  • Old Dutch: *spuolen
  • Old High German: *spuolen (attested in irspuolen)

References

  1. Friedrich Kluge (1989) “spülen”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 692
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