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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/spīrǭ

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

Alternative forms
  • *spīrō, *spīraz, *spīriz

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *spey- (“peak; summit; sharp point; stick”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈspiː.rɔ̃ː/

Noun

*spīrǭ f

  1. peak; summit; top
  2. pole; rod; reed; stalk

Inflection
ōn-stemDeclension of *spīrǭ (ōn-stem)
singular plural
nominative *spīrǭ *spīrōniz
vocative *spīrǭ *spīrōniz
accusative *spīrōnų *spīrōnunz
genitive *spīrōniz *spīrōnǫ̂
dative *spīrōni *spīrōmaz
instrumental *spīrōnē *spīrōmiz

Synonyms
  • *spīkaz
  • *spīkraz
  • *spīkō
  • *spīlǭ

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *spīrā; *spīri f; *spīru f; *spīr m or n
    • Old English: spīr ? (Gender unknown. Perhaps from *spīr, *spīri, or *spīru)
    • Old Frisian: *spīr
      • Saterland Frisian: Spier, Spíer n
      • West Frisian: spier c or n
    • Old Saxon: spīr f (i-stem)
      • Middle Low German: spîr m or n
        • German Low German: Spier m or n
        • → German: Spier
    • Old Dutch: *spīr
    • Old High German: spīr (in spīrboum)
      • Middle High German: spīre f; spir (in spirboum); spier n (in grasspier)
        • German: Speier m or f (dialectal)
  • Old Norse: spíra

References

    https://www.dwds.de/wb/dwb/spier#spier

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