Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/spreutaną

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 edit

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Etymology edit

From Pre-Germanic *sprewd-, but also possibly back-formed from the iterative, from Proto-Indo-European *sper- (to strew), extended form *sprewd-.[1] Related to Lithuanian sprausti (to thrust), Ancient Greek σπείρω (speírō, I sow).[2]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈspreu̯.tɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb edit

*spreutaną[2][3]

  1. to sprout
  2. to spring, come out

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References edit

  1. ^ sprout”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*spreutan- ~ *sprūtan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 470
  3. ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*spreutanan ~ *sprūtanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 366-367