Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/spurnaną
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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 *sperH- (“to kick”).[1]
Pronunciation
Verb
*spurnaną
Inflection
The present tense forms have the zero grade vowel -u- rather than -e-.
Conjugation of *spurnaną (strong class 3)
Related terms
Descendants
- Old English: spurnan, spornan
- Old Frisian: spurna
- Old Saxon: spurnan
- Old High German: spurnan
- German: anspornen
- Old Norse: sporna
References
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*spurnan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 471