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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/spoþþōn

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

Alternative reconstructions
  • *spottōn

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *spuþþōną. Equivalent to *spoþþ (“mockery”) +‎ *-ōn.

Verb

*spoþþōn

  1. to mock, deride, ridicule

Inflection
Class 2 weak
Infinitive *spoþþōn
1st sg. past *spoþþōdā
Infinitive *spoþþōn
Genitive infin. *spoþþōnijas
Dative infin. *spoþþōnijē
Instrum. infin. *spoþþōniju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *spoþþō *spoþþōdā
2nd singular *spoþþōs *spoþþōdēs, *spoþþōdōs
3rd singular *spoþþōþ *spoþþōdē, *spoþþōdā
1st plural *spoþþōm *spoþþōdum
2nd plural *spoþþōþ *spoþþōdud
3rd plural *spoþþōnþ *spoþþōdun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *spoþþō *spoþþōdī
2nd singular *spoþþōs *spoþþōdī
3rd singular *spoþþō *spoþþōdī
1st plural *spoþþōm *spoþþōdīm
2nd plural *spoþþōþ *spoþþōdīd
3rd plural *spoþþōn *spoþþōdīn
Imperative Present
Singular *spoþþō
Plural *spoþþōþ
Present Past
Participle *spoþþōndī *spoþþōd

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Old Frisian: spottia
    • West Frisian: spotte (with an unetymological class 1 inflection)
  • Old Saxon: *spottōn
  • Old Dutch: *spotton
  • Old High German: spottōn
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