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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/spelþą

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 Proto-Indo-European *(s)pelH- (“to split off, separate”). Cognate with Sanskrit फलति (phalati, “to burst (in half)”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈspel.θɑ̃/

Noun

*spelþą n[1]

  1. destruction, ruin

Inflection
neuter a-stemDeclension of *spelþą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *spelþą *spelþō
vocative *spelþą *spelþō
accusative *spelþą *spelþō
genitive *spelþas, *spilþis *spelþǫ̂
dative *spilþai *spelþamaz
instrumental *spelþō *spelþamiz
  • *spilþiz
    • Old High German: spildī

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *spelþ
  • Old Norse: spjall

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*spelþan ~ *spelþaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 363-364
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