Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sprottōn

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 *spruttōną, from earlier paradigm *spruttōþi ~ *sprutunanþi, from pre-Proto-Germanic *sprud-nā́-ti ~ *sprud-un-ánti, iterative to *spreutan (“to sprout”).

Verb

*sprottōn

  1. (iterative) to sprout, germinate

Inflection

Class 2 weak
Infinitive *sprottōn
1st sg. past *sprottōdā
Infinitive *sprottōn
Genitive infin. *sprottōnijas
Dative infin. *sprottōnijē
Instrum. infin. *sprottōniju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *sprottō *sprottōdā
2nd singular *sprottōs *sprottōdēs, *sprottōdōs
3rd singular *sprottōþ *sprottōdē, *sprottōdā
1st plural *sprottōm *sprottōdum
2nd plural *sprottōþ *sprottōdud
3rd plural *sprottōnþ *sprottōdun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *sprottō *sprottōdī
2nd singular *sprottōs *sprottōdī
3rd singular *sprottō *sprottōdī
1st plural *sprottōm *sprottōdīm
2nd plural *sprottōþ *sprottōdīd
3rd plural *sprottōn *sprottōdīn
Imperative Present
Singular *sprottō
Plural *sprottōþ
Present Past
Participle *sprottōndī *sprottōd

Descendants

  • Old Dutch: *sprottōn
    • Middle Dutch: *sprotten
  • Old High German: *sproztōn
    • Middle High German: *sprozzen

Further reading

  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 470
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