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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/spitō
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *spey- (“sharp; pointed”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈspi.tɔː/
Noun
*spitō f
- rod; spike; skewer
Inflection
ō-stemDeclension of *spitō (ō-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *spitō | *spitôz | |
vocative | *spitō | *spitôz | |
accusative | *spitǭ | *spitōz | |
genitive | *spitōz | *spitǫ̂ | |
dative | *spitōi | *spitōmaz | |
instrumental | *spitō | *spitōmiz |
Related terms
- *spitą
- *spitjaną
- *spitjaz
- *spitjǭ
- *spitǭ
- *spitjōną
Descendants
- Old English: spitu f
- Middle English: spite, spet, spete, spytte
- Scots: spet, spete, speit
- English: spit
- Middle English: spite, spet, spete, spytte
- Old Norse: *spita
- Norwegian: spita f (dialectal)
- Swedish: speta