Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/spehu

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *spehō (“spying”).

Noun

*spehu f

1. spying

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*spehu
Genitive	*spehā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*spehu	*spehō
Accusative	*spehā	*spehā
Genitive	*spehā	*spehō
Dative	*spehē	*spehōm, *spehum
Instrumental	*spehu	*spehōm, *spehum

Derived terms

• *spehārī

Related terms

• *spehōn

Descendants

• Old Saxon: *speha
  • Middle Low German: *spē
    • Low German: spee
• Old Dutch: *spia
  • Middle Dutch: spie
    • Dutch: spie, spee, spij (dialectal)
• Old High German: speha
  • Middle High German: spehe, spē
    • German: Spähe