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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/spellōną
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Derived from *spellą (“story”) + *-ōną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈspel.lɔː.nɑ̃/
Verb
*spellōną[1][2]
- to talk, tell, recount
Inflection
Conjugation of *spellōną (weak class 2)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *spellō | *spellǭ | — | *spellōi | ? |
| 2nd singular | *spellōsi | *spellōs | *spellō | *spellōsai | *spellōsau |
| 3rd singular | *spellōþi | *spellō | *spellōþau | *spellōþai | *spellōþau |
| 1st dual | *spellōs | *spellōw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *spellōþiz | *spellōþiz | *spellōþiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *spellōmaz | *spellōm | — | *spellōnþai | *spellōnþau |
| 2nd plural | *spellōþ | *spellōþ | *spellōþ | *spellōnþai | *spellōnþau |
| 3rd plural | *spellōnþi | *spellōn | *spellōnþau | *spellōnþai | *spellōnþau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *spellōdǭ | *spellōdēdį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *spellōdēz | *spellōdēdīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *spellōdē | *spellōdēdī | |||
| 1st dual | *spellōdēdū | *spellōdēdīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *spellōdēdudiz | *spellōdēdīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *spellōdēdum | *spellōdēdīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *spellōdēdud | *spellōdēdīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *spellōdēdun | *spellōdēdīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *spellōndz | *spellōdaz | |||
Derived terms
- *spellô
Descendants
- Old English: spellian
- Middle English: spellen
- English: spell
- Middle English: spellen
- Old Dutch: *spellon
- Middle Dutch: spellen
- Dutch: spellen
- Limburgish: spèlle
- Middle Dutch: spellen
- Old High German: *spellon, gotspellon
- Middle High German: spellen
- German: spellen (obsolete; dialectal)
- Middle High German: spellen
- Old Norse: spjalla
- Icelandic: spjalla
- Gothic: 𐍃𐍀𐌹𐌻𐌻𐍉𐌽 (spillōn)
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*spella-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 466: “*spellōjan-”
- Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*spellōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 363