Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/spenô

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Alternative forms

*spanô

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pstén-o-s, from *pstḗn (“breast, nipple”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈspe.nɔːː/

Noun

*spenô m

(anatomy) nipple

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *spenô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*spenô	*spenaniz
vocative	*spenô	*spenaniz
accusative	*spenanų	*spenanunz
genitive	*spininiz	*spenanǫ̂
dative	*spinini	*spenammaz
instrumental	*spininē	*spenammiz

Derived terms

*spanjaną
*spanōną/*spenōną

Descendants

Old English: *spana; spanu; spane
Old Frisian: *spen
- West Frisian: spien
Old Saxon: *speno; *spana, *span
- Middle Low German: spēne; spone, spon
  - Low German: spene, späne
  - → English: spean (possibly from Middle Dutch)
Frankish: *spenō, *spanō
- Old Dutch: *speno
  - Middle Dutch: spene
    - Dutch: speen
- → Old French: espanir
  - Picard: épanir; épénir (Rouchi)
  - Walloon: spani
Old High German: *speno; *spena
- Middle High German: spen
Old Norse: speni (“nipple”)
- Icelandic: speni
- Faroese: spini (“teat; penis”)
- Norwegian: spene
- Swedish: spene, späne
- Danish: spene
- Westrobothnian: spena