Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/spahōną
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- (“to see, to look, to observe”). Equivalent to *spahō (“a looking, peering, prophesy”) + *-ōną.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈspɑ.xɔː.nɑ̃/
Verb
*spahōną[1]
- (North Germanic) to observe
Inflection
| active voice | passive voice | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive | |
| 1st singular | *spahō | *spahǭ | — | *spahōi | ? | |
| 2nd singular | *spahōsi | *spahōs | *spahō | *spahōsai | *spahōsau | |
| 3rd singular | *spahōþi | *spahō | *spahōþau | *spahōþai | *spahōþau | |
| 1st dual | *spahōs | *spahōw | — | — | — | |
| 2nd dual | *spahōþiz | *spahōþiz | *spahōþiz | — | — | |
| 1st plural | *spahōmaz | *spahōm | — | *spahōnþai | *spahōnþau | |
| 2nd plural | *spahōþ | *spahōþ | *spahōþ | *spahōnþai | *spahōnþau | |
| 3rd plural | *spahōnþi | *spahōn | *spahōnþau | *spahōnþai | *spahōnþau | |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| 1st singular | *spahōdǭ | *spahōdēdį̄ | ||||
| 2nd singular | *spahōdēz | *spahōdēdīz | ||||
| 3rd singular | *spahōdē | *spahōdēdī | ||||
| 1st dual | *spahōdēdū | *spahōdēdīw | ||||
| 2nd dual | *spahōdēdudiz | *spahōdēdīdiz | ||||
| 1st plural | *spahōdēdum | *spahōdēdīm | ||||
| 2nd plural | *spahōdēdud | *spahōdēdīd | ||||
| 3rd plural | *spahōdēdun | *spahōdēdīn | ||||
| present | past | |||||
| participles | *spahōndz | *spahōdaz | ||||
Related terms
Descendants
- Old Norse: spá