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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/spilōn

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 *spil (game; play; dance) + *-ōn.

Verb

*spilōn

  1. to play
  2. to dance, move

Inflection

Class 2 weak
Infinitive *spilōn
1st sg. past *spilōdā
Infinitive *spilōn
Genitive infin. *spilōnijas
Dative infin. *spilōnijē
Instrum. infin. *spilōniju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *spilō *spilōdā
2nd singular *spilōs *spilōdēs, *spilōdōs
3rd singular *spilōþ *spilōdē, *spilōdā
1st plural *spilōm *spilōdum
2nd plural *spilōþ *spilōdud
3rd plural *spilōnþ *spilōdun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *spilō *spilōdī
2nd singular *spilōs *spilōdī
3rd singular *spilō *spilōdī
1st plural *spilōm *spilōdīm
2nd plural *spilōþ *spilōdīd
3rd plural *spilōn *spilōdīn
Imperative Present
Singular *spilō
Plural *spilōþ
Present Past
Participle *spilōndī *spilōd

Descendants

Further reading

  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*spila-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 343:*spilōjan-

References

  1. van der Sijs, Nicoline (2010) “spelen”, in Nederlandse woorden wereldwijd [Dutch words worldwide] (in Dutch), The Hague: Sdu Uitgevers, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 597
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