Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/spīralink
Proto-West Germanic
editEtymology
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Noun
edit*spīralink m
Inflection
editMasculine a-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *spīralink | |
Genitive | *spīralinkas | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *spīralink | *spīralinkō, *spīralinkōs |
Accusative | *spīralink | *spīralinkā |
Genitive | *spīralinkas | *spīralinkō |
Dative | *spīralinkē | *spīralinkum |
Instrumental | *spīralinku | *spīralinkum |
Descendants
edit- Old Frisian: *spīrrink
- Old Saxon: spīrlinc
- Middle High German: sperlinc
- Old Dutch: spierink
- → Old French: esperlenc, esperlinge, espirlinge, espelens
- French: éperlan (see there for further descendants)
- → Middle English: esperlinge
- → Latin: sperlingus, spirlingus, sparlingus