From Proto-Indo-European *sp(h)erag-, from *sper- (“to jerk, push, fidget, spring”) or alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *sperg- (“to strew, scatter, sprinkle”).
*sparkaz
strong declension | ||||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
nominative | *sparkaz | *sparkai | *sparkō | *sparkôz | *sparką, *-at(ō) | *sparkō |
accusative | *sparkanǭ | *sparkanz | *sparkǭ | *sparkōz | *sparką, *-at(ō) | *sparkō |
genitive | *sparkas, *sparkis | *sparkaizǫ̂ | *sparkaizōz | *sparkaizǫ̂ | *sparkas, *sparkis | *sparkaizǫ̂ |
dative | *sparkammai | *sparkaimaz | *sparkaizōi | *sparkaimaz | *sparkammai | *sparkaimaz |
instrumental | *sparkanō | *sparkaimiz | *sparkaizō | *sparkaimiz | *sparkanō | *sparkaimiz |
weak declension | ||||||
masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
nominative | *sparkô | *sparkaniz | *sparkǭ | *sparkōniz | *sparkô | *sparkōnō |
accusative | *sparkanų | *sparkanunz | *sparkōnų | *sparkōnunz | *sparkô | *sparkōnō |
genitive | *sparkiniz | *sparkanǫ̂ | *sparkōniz | *sparkōnǫ̂ | *sparkiniz | *sparkanǫ̂ |
dative | *sparkini | *sparkammaz | *sparkōni | *sparkōmaz | *sparkini | *sparkammaz |
instrumental | *sparkinē | *sparkammiz | *sparkōnē | *sparkōmiz | *sparkinē | *sparkammiz |