Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sparrijaną

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From *sparrô (wooden beam, log) +‎ *-janą.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspɑr.ri.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*sparrijaną[1]

  1. to bar, to block

Inflection

Conjugation of (weak class 1)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *sparrijō *sparrijaų *sparrijai ?
2nd singular *sparrīsi *sparrijais *sparrī *sparrijasai *sparrijaisau
3rd singular *sparrīþi *sparrijai *sparrijaþau *sparrijaþai *sparrijaiþau
1st dual *sparrijōs *sparrijaiw
2nd dual *sparrijaþiz *sparrijaiþiz *sparrijaþiz
1st plural *sparrijamaz *sparrijaim *sparrijanþai *sparrijainþau
2nd plural *sparrīþ *sparrijaiþ *sparrīþ *sparrijanþai *sparrijainþau
3rd plural *sparrijanþi *sparrijain *sparrijanþau *sparrijanþai *sparrijainþau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *sparridǭ *sparridēdį̄
2nd singular *sparridēz *sparridēdīz
3rd singular *sparridē *sparridēdī
1st dual *sparridēdū *sparridēdīw
2nd dual *sparridēdudiz *sparridēdīdiz
1st plural *sparridēdum *sparridēdīm
2nd plural *sparridēdud *sparridēdīd
3rd plural *sparridēdun *sparridēdīn
present past
participles *sparrijandz *sparridaz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *sparrijan
    • >? Old English: sperran, spierran, spyrran
    • Old Saxon: *sperrian
    • Old Dutch: *sperren
    • Old High German: sperren
  • Old Norse: sperra

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*sparrjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 363