Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/spahōną
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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
From Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- (“to see, to look, to observe”). Equivalent to *spahō (“a looking, peering, prophesy”) + *-ōną.
Pronunciation
Verb
- (North Germanic) to observe
Inflection
Conjugation of *spahōną (weak class 2)
Related terms
Descendants
- Old Norse: spá
- Icelandic: spá
- Faroese: spáa
- Norwegian Nynorsk: spå
- Old Swedish: spā
- Swedish: spå
- Old Danish: spaa
- Danish: spå
- Northern → Middle English: spā
- Scots: spae
References
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*spexōjanan~*spaxōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 363