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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/spōan

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

From Proto-Germanic *spōaną, from Proto-Indo-European *spóh₁-e-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *speh₁- (to succeed, prosper).[1]

Verb

*spōan

  1. to succeed, prosper
    Synonym: *lingwan

Inflection

Strong class 7e
Infinitive *spōan
1st sg. past *speō
3rd pl. past *speōun
Past ptcple *spōan
Infinitive *spōan
Genitive infin. *spōannjas
Dative infin. *spōannjē
Instrum. infin. *spōannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *spōu *speō
2nd singular *spōiʀi *speōī
3rd singular *spōidi *speō
1st plural *spōum *speōum
2nd plural *spōid *speōud
3rd plural *spōand *speōun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *spōē *speōī
2nd singular *spōēs *speōī
3rd singular *spōē *speōī
1st plural *spōēm *speōīm
2nd plural *spōēþ *speōīd
3rd plural *spōēn *speōīn
Imperative Present
Singular *spō
Plural *spōid
Present Past
Participle *spōandī *spōan

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old English: spōwan
  • Old Saxon: *spōan
    • Old Saxon: *andspōan, *antspōan
      • Middle Low German: untspōn, entspōn (possibly borrowed from Dutch)
  • Old Dutch: *spuon
    • Middle Dutch: spoen
    • Old Dutch: *antspuon
      • Middle Dutch: ontspoen
  • Old High German: spuoan, spuoen, spuon
    • Middle High German: spuon

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*spōan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 468
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