Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/spahōną

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 Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- (“to see, to look, to observe”). Equivalent to *spahō (“a looking, peering, prophesy”) +‎ *-ōną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɑ.xɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*spahōną

1. (North Germanic) to observe

Inflection

Conjugation of *spahōną (weak class 2)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*spahō	*spahǭ	—	*spahōi	?
2nd singular	*spahōsi	*spahōs	*spahō	*spahōsai	*spahōsau
3rd singular	*spahōþi	*spahō	*spahōþau	*spahōþai	*spahōþau
1st dual	*spahōs	*spahōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*spahōþiz	*spahōþiz	*spahōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*spahōmaz	*spahōm	—	*spahōnþai	*spahōnþau
2nd plural	*spahōþ	*spahōþ	*spahōþ	*spahōnþai	*spahōnþau
3rd plural	*spahōnþi	*spahōn	*spahōnþau	*spahōnþai	*spahōnþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*spahōdǭ	*spahōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*spahōdēz	*spahōdēdīz
3rd singular	*spahōdē	*spahōdēdī
1st dual	*spahōdēdū	*spahōdēdīw
2nd dual	*spahōdēdudiz	*spahōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*spahōdēdum	*spahōdēdīm
2nd plural	*spahōdēdud	*spahōdēdīd
3rd plural	*spahōdēdun	*spahōdēdīn
	present	past
participles	*spahōndz	*spahōdaz

Related terms

• *spehōną
• *spahō

Descendants

• Old Norse: spá
  • Icelandic: spá
  • Faroese: spáa
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: spå
  • Old Swedish: spā
    • Swedish: spå
  • Old Danish: spaa
    • Danish: spå
  • → Northern Middle English: spā
    • Scots: spae, spay
      • → English: spae