Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sprek(k)ala-

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)per- (“to strew, spread, sprinkle”).

Noun

*sprek(k)ala-

spot, fleck
freckle

Derived terms

*sprek(k)alą n
- Proto-West Germanic: *sprek(k)al
  - Old English: sprecel, spreccil
    - Middle English: *sprekel, sprekle
      - English: spreckle
      - Scots: spreckel, spreckle
  - Old High German: *sprekkil, *spreckil
    - Middle High German: spreckel, sprëckel n
      - German: Spreckel m
      - Alemannic German: Šprägel, Šprigel
*sprek(k)alō f
- Old Norse: sprekla
  - Icelandic: sprekla
  - Norwegian Nynorsk: sprekla
  - Swedish: spräkla, spräckla
    - ⇒ Swedish: spräcklig

*spek(k)aluhtaz
- Proto-West Germanic: *sprek(k)aloht
  - Old High German: sprekkiloht, speckiloht
    - Middle High German: spreckeloht, spreckeleht, sprickeleht, spreckelot
- Old Norse: spreklóttr
  - Icelandic: spreklóttur, spriklóttur
  - Old Swedish: spräklotter
  - Danish: spraglet

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