Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sprāku
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This Proto-West 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-West Germanic
Etymology
From *sprākī (“talkative; speaking”) + *-u.
Noun
*sprāku f[1]
Inflection
| u-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *sprāku | |
| Genitive | *sprākō | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *sprāku | *sprākiwi, *sprākō |
| Accusative | *sprāku | *sprākū |
| Genitive | *sprākō | *sprākiwō |
| Dative | *sprākiwi, *sprākō | *sprākum |
| Instrumental | *sprāku | *sprākum |
Alternative reconstructions
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Old English: sprǣċ, spǣċ
- Old Frisian: *sprāke, sprēke, sprēze, sprētze
- Old Saxon: sprāka
- Old Dutch: *sprāka
- Old High German: sprāhha, sprācha
References
- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Sprache”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 690: “wg. *sprǣkō”