Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sprīþaną
Proto-Germanic
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom pre-Germanic *spreyt-, of uncertain origin; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *sperH- + *-ey- + *-t-. Variant stem *sprīt- influenced by iterative *spritt-.
Pronunciation
editVerb
edit- (West Germanic) to break up, become scattered
Inflection
editConjugation of *sprīþaną (strong class 1)
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Proto-West Germanic: *sprīþan