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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/spreutan
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *spreutaną.
Verb
*spreutan
- to sprout, to emerge
Inflection
| Strong class 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *spreutan | |
| 1st sg. past | *spraut | |
| 3rd pl. past | *sprutun | |
| Past ptcple | *sprotan | |
| Infinitive | *spreutan | |
| Genitive infin. | *spreutannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *spreutannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *spreutannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *spreutu | *spraut |
| 2nd singular | *spriutiʀi | *sprutī |
| 3rd singular | *spriutidi | *spraut |
| 1st plural | *spreutum | *sprutum |
| 2nd plural | *spriutid | *sprutud |
| 3rd plural | *spreutand | *sprutun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *spreutē | *sprutī |
| 2nd singular | *spreutēs | *sprutī |
| 3rd singular | *spreutē | *sprutī |
| 1st plural | *spreutēm | *sprutīm |
| 2nd plural | *spreutēþ | *sprutīd |
| 3rd plural | *spreutēn | *sprutīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *spreut | |
| Plural | *spriutid | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *spreutandī | *sprotan |
Descendants
- Old English: sprūtan
- Middle English: spruten
- English: sprout
- Middle English: spruten
- Old Frisian: sprūta
- West Frisian: sprûte
- Old Saxon: sprūtan
- Old Dutch: *sprūtan
- Middle Dutch: spruten
- Dutch: spruiten
- Afrikaans: spruit
- Dutch: spruiten
- Middle Dutch: spruten
- Old High German: spriozan
- German: sprießen
- Luxembourgish: spréissen