Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sparrijaną

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 *sparrô (“wooden beam, log”) +‎ *-janą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɑr.ri.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*sparrijaną

1. to bar, to block

Inflection

Conjugation of *sparrijaną (weak class 1)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*sparrijō	*sparrijaų	—	*sparrijai	?
2nd singular	*sparrīsi	*sparrijais	*sparrī	*sparrijasai	*sparrijaisau
3rd singular	*sparrīþi	*sparrijai	*sparrijaþau	*sparrijaþai	*sparrijaiþau
1st dual	*sparrijōs	*sparrijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*sparrijaþiz	*sparrijaiþiz	*sparrijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*sparrijamaz	*sparrijaim	—	*sparrijanþai	*sparrijainþau
2nd plural	*sparrīþ	*sparrijaiþ	*sparrīþ	*sparrijanþai	*sparrijainþau
3rd plural	*sparrijanþi	*sparrijain	*sparrijanþau	*sparrijanþai	*sparrijainþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*sparridǭ	*sparridēdį̄
2nd singular	*sparridēz	*sparridēdīz
3rd singular	*sparridē	*sparridēdī
1st dual	*sparridēdū	*sparridēdīw
2nd dual	*sparridēdudiz	*sparridēdīdiz
1st plural	*sparridēdum	*sparridēdīm
2nd plural	*sparridēdud	*sparridēdīd
3rd plural	*sparridēdun	*sparridēdīn
	present	past
participles	*sparrijandz	*sparridaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *sparrijan
  • >? Old English: sperran, spierran, spyrran
    • Middle English: sperren
  • Old Saxon: *sperrian
    • Middle Low German: sperren
      • German Low German: sperren
  • Old Dutch: *sperren
    • Middle Dutch: sperren
      • Dutch: sperren
  • Old High German: sperren
    • Middle High German: sperren
      • German: sperren
• Old Norse: sperra
  • Icelandic: sperra
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sperre
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sperre, sperra
  • Swedish: spärra