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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *spruttōną, from earlier paradigm *spruttōþi ~ *sprutunanþi, from pre-Proto-Germanic *sprud-nā́-ti ~ *sprud-un-ánti, iterative to *spreutan (“to sprout”).
Verb
*sprottōn
- (iterative) to sprout, germinate
Inflection
| Class 2 weak
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| Infinitive
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*sprottōn
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| 1st sg. past
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*sprottōdā
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| Infinitive
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*sprottōn
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| Genitive infin.
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*sprottōnijas
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| Dative infin.
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*sprottōnijē
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| Instrum. infin.
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*sprottōniju
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| Indicative
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Present
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Past
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| 1st singular
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*sprottō
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*sprottōdā
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| 2nd singular
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*sprottōs
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*sprottōdēs, *sprottōdōs
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| 3rd singular
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*sprottōþ
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*sprottōdē, *sprottōdā
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| 1st plural
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*sprottōm
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*sprottōdum
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| 2nd plural
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*sprottōþ
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*sprottōdud
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| 3rd plural
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*sprottōnþ
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*sprottōdun
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| Subjunctive
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Present
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Past
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| 1st singular
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*sprottō
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*sprottōdī
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| 2nd singular
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*sprottōs
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*sprottōdī
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| 3rd singular
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*sprottō
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*sprottōdī
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| 1st plural
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*sprottōm
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*sprottōdīm
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| 2nd plural
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*sprottōþ
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*sprottōdīd
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| 3rd plural
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*sprottōn
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*sprottōdīn
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| Imperative
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Present
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| Singular
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*sprottō
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| Plural
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*sprottōþ
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Present
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Past
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| Participle
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*sprottōndī
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*sprottōd
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Descendants
Further reading
- Guus Kroonen (2013) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 470
