Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/spehu

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

From Proto-Germanic *spehō (“spying”).

Noun

*spehu f

  1. spying

Inflection

ō-stem
Singular
Nominative *spehu
Genitive *spehā
Singular Plural
Nominative *spehu *spehō
Accusative *spehā *spehā
Genitive *spehā *spehō
Dative *spehē *spehōm, *spehum
Instrumental *spehu *spehōm, *spehum

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old Saxon: *speha
    • Middle Low German: *spē
      • Low German: spee
  • Old Dutch: *spia
  • Old High German: speha
    • Middle High German: spehe, spē
      • German: Spähe
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