Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sprīþaną
Proto-Germanic
Alternative forms
- *sprītaną
Etymology
From pre-Germanic *spreyt-, of uncertain origin, with no certain cognates outside of Germanic;[1] possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)perh₁- (“to kick”) + *-ey- + *-t-. Variant stem *sprīt- influenced by iterative *spritt-. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈspriː.θɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*sprīþaną[1]
- (West Germanic) to break up, become scattered
Inflection
| active voice | passive voice | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive | |
| 1st singular | *sprīþō | *sprīþaų | — | *sprīþai | ? | |
| 2nd singular | *sprīþizi | *sprīþaiz | *sprīþ | *sprīþazai | *sprīþaizau | |
| 3rd singular | *sprīþidi | *sprīþai | *sprīþadau | *sprīþadai | *sprīþaidau | |
| 1st dual | *sprīþōz | *sprīþaiw | — | — | — | |
| 2nd dual | *sprīþadiz | *sprīþaidiz | *sprīþadiz | — | — | |
| 1st plural | *sprīþamaz | *sprīþaim | — | *sprīþandai | *sprīþaindau | |
| 2nd plural | *sprīþid | *sprīþaid | *sprīþid | *sprīþandai | *sprīþaindau | |
| 3rd plural | *sprīþandi | *sprīþain | *sprīþandau | *sprīþandai | *sprīþaindau | |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| 1st singular | *spraiþ | *spridį̄ | ||||
| 2nd singular | *spraist | *spridīz | ||||
| 3rd singular | *spraiþ | *spridī | ||||
| 1st dual | *spridū | *spridīw | ||||
| 2nd dual | *spridudiz | *spridīdiz | ||||
| 1st plural | *spridum | *spridīm | ||||
| 2nd plural | *spridud | *spridīd | ||||
| 3rd plural | *spridun | *spridīn | ||||
| present | past | |||||
| participles | *sprīþandz | *spridanaz | ||||
Derived terms
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *sprīþan