Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/spenô

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

Alternative forms

• *spanô

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pstén-o-s, from *pstḗn (“breast, nipple”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspe.nɔːː/

Noun

*spenô m

1. (anatomy) nipple

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *spenô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*spenô	*spenaniz
vocative	*spenô	*spenaniz
accusative	*spenanų	*spenanunz
genitive	*spininiz	*spenanǫ̂
dative	*spinini	*spenammaz
instrumental	*spininē	*spenammiz

Synonyms

• *delō

Derived terms

• *spanjaną
• *spanōną/*spenōną

Descendants

• Old English: *spana; spanu; spane
• Old Frisian: *spen
  • West Frisian: spien
• Old Saxon: *speno; *spana, *span
  • Middle Low German: spēne; spone, spon
    • Low German: spene, späne
    • → English: spean (possibly from Middle Dutch)
• Frankish: *spenō, *spanō
  • Old Dutch: *speno
    • Middle Dutch: spene
      • Dutch: speen
• Old High German: *speno; *spena
  • Middle High German: spen
• Old Norse: speni (“nipple”)
  • Icelandic: speni
  • Faroese: spini (“teat; penis”)
  • Norwegian: spene
  • Swedish: spene, späne
  • Danish: spene