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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/spahō

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

Alternative forms
  • *spehō

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- (“to see, to look, to observe”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈspɑ.xɔː/

Noun

*spahō f[1]

  1. a looking, peering
  2. a prophesy

Inflection
ō-stemDeclension of *spahō (ō-stem)
singular plural
nominative *spahō *spahôz
vocative *spahō *spahôz
accusative *spahǭ *spahōz
genitive *spahōz *spahǫ̂
dative *spahōi *spahōmaz
instrumental *spahō *spahōmiz

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *spehu
    • Old Saxon: *speha
      • Middle Low German: *spē
        • Low German: spee
    • Old Dutch: *spia
    • Old High German: speha
      • Middle High German: spehe, spē
        • German: Spähe
  • Proto-Norse: ᛋᛒᛡ (sbᴀ)

Note: The West Germanic descendants point to a by-form *spehō.

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*spaxō”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 363
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