Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sprutô

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 *spreutaną (“to sprout”) +‎ *-ô.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈspru.tɔːː/

Noun

*sprutô m

that which sprouts; shoot, sprout

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *sprutô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*sprutô	*sprutaniz
vocative	*sprutô	*sprutaniz
accusative	*sprutanų	*sprutanunz
genitive	*sprutiniz	*sprutanǫ̂
dative	*sprutini	*sprutammaz
instrumental	*sprutinē	*sprutammiz

Descendants

Old English: sprota
- Middle English: sprote
  - English: sprot
Middle Dutch: sprote, sproot
Old High German: sprozzo
- Middle High German: sprozze
  - German: Sprosse
  - Luxembourgish: Sprass
Old Norse: sproti
- Icelandic: sproti
- Faroese: sproti
- Old Swedish: spruti, sproti

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 470
Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*sprutōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 367

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