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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/spannaną
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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
Originally a strong verb of the seventh class, the long -n- comes from an earlier form *spanwaną-. Ultimately an ablautive form from the same source as *spinnaną (“to spin”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈspɑn.nɑ.nɑ̃/
Inflection
Conjugation of *spannaną (strong class 7c)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *spannō | *spannaų | — | *spannai | ? |
| 2nd singular | *spannizi | *spannaiz | *spann | *spannazai | *spannaizau |
| 3rd singular | *spannidi | *spannai | *spannadau | *spannadai | *spannaidau |
| 1st dual | *spannōz | *spannaiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *spannadiz | *spannaidiz | *spannadiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *spannamaz | *spannaim | — | *spannandai | *spannaindau |
| 2nd plural | *spannid | *spannaid | *spannid | *spannandai | *spannaindau |
| 3rd plural | *spannandi | *spannain | *spannandau | *spannandai | *spannaindau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *spespann | *spespannį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *spespannt | *spespannīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *spespann | *spespannī | |||
| 1st dual | *spespannū | *spespannīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *spespannudiz | *spespannīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *spespannum | *spespannīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *spespannud | *spespannīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *spespannun | *spespannīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *spannandz | *spannanaz | |||
Derived terms
- *spannijaną
- *spanstiz
Descendants
References
- van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “spannen1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*spannan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 465
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