Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/spīwaną
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *(s)ptēiw-, *(s)ptyēw- (“to spit, vomit”). Cognate with Latin spuō (“spit”, verb), Ancient Greek πτύω (ptúō, “spit, vomit”), Old Armenian թուք (tʻukʻ), Old Church Slavonic пльвати (plĭvati), Sanskrit ष्ठीवति (ṣṭhīvati).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editInflection
editConjugation of *spīwaną (strong class 1)
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Proto-West Germanic: *spīwan
- Old Norse: spýja, *spía
- Gothic: 𐍃𐍀𐌴𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌽 (speiwan)
References
edit- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*spīwan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 468
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*spīwanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 365