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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/spananą
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Possible from Proto-Indo-European *(s)penh₁- (“to spin (thread); to stretch”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈspɑ.nɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*spananą[1]
- to lure, to entice
Inflection
Conjugation of *spananą (strong class 6)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *spanō | *spanaų | — | *spanai | *? |
| 2nd singular | *spanizi | *spanaiz | *span | *spanazai | *spanaizau |
| 3rd singular | *spanidi | *spanai | *spanadau | *spanadai | *spanaidau |
| 1st dual | *spanōz | *spanaiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *spanadiz | *spanaidiz | *spanadiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *spanamaz | *spanaim | — | *spanandai | *spanaindau |
| 2nd plural | *spanid | *spanaid | *spanid | *spanandai | *spanaindau |
| 3rd plural | *spanandi | *spanain | *spanandau | *spanandai | *spanaindau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *spōn | *spōnį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *spōnt | *spōnīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *spōn | *spōnī | |||
| 1st dual | *spōnū | *spōnīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *spōnudiz | *spōnīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *spōnum | *spōnīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *spōnud | *spōnīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *spōnun | *spōnīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *spanandz | *spananaz | |||
Related terms
- *spannaną
- *spannijaną
Descendants
- West Germanic: *spanan
- Old English: spanan
- Middle English: spannen
- Old Saxon: spanan
- Middle Low German: spanen
- Old High German: spanan
- Middle High German: spanen
- Old English: spanan
- Old Norse: *spana
- Old Swedish: spana
References
- Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*spananan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 361