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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/spahō
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Proto-Germanic
Alternative forms
- *spehō
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- (“to see, to look, to observe”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈspɑ.xɔː/
Noun
*spahō f[1]
- a looking, peering
- a prophesy
Inflection
| ō-stemDeclension of *spahō (ō-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *spahō | *spahôz | |
| vocative | *spahō | *spahôz | |
| accusative | *spahǭ | *spahōz | |
| genitive | *spahōz | *spahǫ̂ | |
| dative | *spahōi | *spahōmaz | |
| instrumental | *spahō | *spahōmiz | |
Derived terms
- *spehōną
- *spahōną
Descendants
- Old High German: speha (<*spehō)
- Old Norse: spá
- Icelandic: spá
References
- Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*spaxō”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 363