Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/spīsā

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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-West Germanic

Etymology

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin spēsa, from Late Latin expēnsa (“expense”), from Latin expēnsus.[1]

Noun

*spīsā f

meal, foodstuffs

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*spīsā
Genitive	*spīsōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*spīsā	*spīsōn
Accusative	*spīsōn	*spīsōn
Genitive	*spīsōn	*spīsōnō
Dative	*spīsōn	*spīsōm
Instrumental	*spīsōn	*spīsōm

Alternative reconstructions

*spį̄sā

Descendants

Old Frisian: spīse
Old Saxon: spīsa
- Middle Low German: spise
  - → Danish: spise
Old Dutch: spīsa
- Middle Dutch: spise
  - Dutch: spijs
Old High German: spisa
- Middle High German: spise
  - German: Speise

References

de Vries, Jan (1971), “spijs 1”, in Nederlands etymologisch woordenboek [Dutch etymological dictionary] (in Dutch), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN: “mlat. spēsa < spensa < lat. expensa (pecunia) van expendere”

[1] Vries, Jan (1971), “spijs 1”, in Nederlands etymologisch woordenboek [Dutch etymological dictionary] (in Dutch), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN: “mlat. spēsa < spensa < lat. expensa (pecunia) van expendere”