Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sparkō

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

Uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *sparkaz (“lively, energetic”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)prey-, *(s)per- (“to strew, spread, scatter, sow”). Compare Latvian spirgsti (“gleeds beneath ashes”).

Noun

*sparkō m

spark

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*sparkō
Genitive	*sparkōas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*sparkō	sparkōō, sparkōōs
Accusative	*sparkō	*sparkōā
Genitive	*sparkōas	*sparkōō
Dative	*sparkōē	*sparkōum
Instrumental	*sparkōu	*sparkōum

Synonyms

Derived terms

*sparkōn

Related terms

*sparkijan

Descendants

Old English: spearca, spærca
- Middle English: sparke, sparc, sparck, spark, sperk, sperke
  - English: spark (see there for further descendants)
  - Scots: spark, sperk
Old Frisian: *sparka
- Saterland Frisian: Spoorke f
- West Frisian: spark
Old Saxon: *sparko
- Middle Low German: sparke
  - Low German: Sparke
Old Dutch: *sparko
- Middle Dutch: sparke
  - Dutch: spark
  - → Middle French: esparque
Old High German: *sparcho, *sparko
- Middle High German: sparke
  - German: Sparke

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