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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/spellô

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 *spellōną (“to tell”) +‎ *-ô.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈspel.lɔːː/

Noun

*spellô m[1]

  1. one who tells, teller

Inflection
masculine an-stemDeclension of *spellô (masculine an-stem)
singular plural
nominative *spellô *spellaniz
vocative *spellô *spellaniz
accusative *spellanų *spellanunz
genitive *spilliniz *spellanǫ̂
dative *spillini *spellammaz
instrumental *spillinē *spellammiz

Descendants
  • Old High German: *spello in wārspello (“fortune-teller, prophet”)
  • Old Norse: spjalli
  • Gothic: 𐍃𐍀𐌹𐌻𐌻𐌰 (spilla)

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