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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Uncertain. Traditionally compared with Ancient Greek σφήν (sphḗn, “wedge”) and Sanskrit स्फ्य (sphyá, “flat piece of wood used as a ritual sword”), for a tentative Proto-Indo-European *(s)peH- (“to cut off; chip, shaving, log, length of wood”).[1] However, this connection is phonologically impossible,[2] and all of the supposed cognates are themselves of disputed origin.
Pronunciation
Noun
*spēnuz m[1]
- piece of wood
- chip, shaving
- (wooden) spoon
- Synonym: *lapilaz
Inflection
u-stemDeclension of *spēnuz (u-stem)
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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*spēnuz
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*spēniwiz
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vocative
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*spēnu
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*spēniwiz
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accusative
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*spēnų
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*spēnunz
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genitive
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*spēnauz
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*spēniwǫ̂
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dative
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*spēniwi
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*spēnumaz
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instrumental
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*spēnū
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*spēnumiz
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Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*spēnuz ~ *spōnuz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 364–365
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “σφήν, σφηνός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1430