Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/speut

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 Proto-Germanic *speutaz, *speutą.

Noun

*speut m

spear
Synonyms: *angō, *darōþu, *frankō, *gaiʀ, *speru

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*speut
Genitive	*speutas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*speut	speutō, speutōs
Accusative	*speut	*speutā
Genitive	*speutas	*speutō
Dative	*speutē	*speutum
Instrumental	*speutu	*speutum

Descendants

Old Saxon: spiot
- Middle Low German: spêt
Old Dutch: *spiot
- Middle Dutch: spiet
Old High German: spioz
- Middle High German: spiez
  - German: Spieß
  - → Middle Low German: spitz, spies, spis
    - → Finnish: peitsi
  - → Middle Dutch: spietse, spiesse, spesse
    - Dutch: spies
→ Late Latin: speutum, speudum
- Old French: espiet (see there for further descendants)

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