Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sprintaną

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 *(s)prend-. Cognate with Proto-Slavic *prę̀dati (“to jump, leap”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsprin.tɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*sprintaną^[1]

to jump
to emerge, to start

Inflection

Conjugation of *sprintaną (strong class 3)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*sprintō	*sprintaų	—	*sprintai	?
2nd singular	*sprintizi	*sprintaiz	*sprint	*sprintazai	*sprintaizau
3rd singular	*sprintidi	*sprintai	*sprintadau	*sprintadai	*sprintaidau
1st dual	*sprintōz	*sprintaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*sprintadiz	*sprintaidiz	*sprintadiz	—	—
1st plural	*sprintamaz	*sprintaim	—	*sprintandai	*sprintaindau
2nd plural	*sprintid	*sprintaid	*sprintid	*sprintandai	*sprintaindau
3rd plural	*sprintandi	*sprintain	*sprintandau	*sprintandai	*sprintaindau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*sprant	*spruntį̄
2nd singular	*spranst	*spruntīz
3rd singular	*sprant	*spruntī
1st dual	*spruntū	*spruntīw
2nd dual	*spruntudiz	*spruntīdiz
1st plural	*spruntum	*spruntīm
2nd plural	*spruntud	*spruntīd
3rd plural	*spruntun	*spruntīn

	present	past
participles	*sprintandz	*spruntanaz

Derived terms

*sprantijaną

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *sprintan
- Old English: sprintan
- Old High German: *sprinzan
  - Middle High German: sprinzen
Old Norse: spretta
- Icelandic: spretta
- Norwegian Nynorsk: spretta
- Swedish: sprätta
- Danish: sprætte
  - Norwegian Bokmål: sprette

References

^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*sprentanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 366

[1] Vladimir Orel (2003) “*sprentanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 366

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