Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sprekla-

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 *(s)per- (“to strew, spread, sprinkle”).

Noun

*sprekla-

1. spot, fleck
2. freckle

Derived terms

• *sprelą n
  • Proto-West Germanic: *sprekl
    • Old English: sprecel, spreccil
      • Middle English: *sprekel, sprekle
        • English: spreckle
        • Scots: spreckel, spreckle
    • Old High German: *sprekkil, *spreckil
      • Middle High German: spreckel, sprëckel n
        • German: Spreckel m
        • Alemannic German: Šprägel, Šprigel
• *spreklō f
  • Old Norse: sprekla
    • Icelandic: sprekla
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: sprekla
    • Swedish: spräkla, spräckla
      • ⇒ Swedish: spräcklig

• *spekluhtaz
  • Proto-West Germanic: *sprekloht
    • Old High German: sprekkiloht, speckiloht
      • Middle High German: spreckeloht, spreckeleht, sprickeleht, spreckelot
  • Old Norse: spreklóttr
    • Icelandic: spreklóttur, spriklóttur
    • Old Swedish: spräklotter
    • Danish: spraglet