Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/spiltaz

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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

Unknown. It may or may not be cognate with Russian по́лба (pólba, “spelt”) and Latin puls (“porridge (usually of spelt)”) and Ancient Greek πόλτος (póltos, “porridge (usually of spelt)”). Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pelH- (“to split off, separate”), or borrowed from an unknown substrate by Germanic and Latin.[1]

Noun

*spiltaz m

  1. spelt (a type of wheat)

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *spiltaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *spiltaz *spiltōz, *spiltōs
vocative *spilt *spiltōz, *spiltōs
accusative *spiltą *spiltanz
genitive *spiltas, *spiltis *spiltǫ̂
dative *spiltai *spiltamaz
instrumental *spiltō *spiltamiz

Descendants

References

  1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “spelt”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
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