Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sprīþaną
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Proto-Germanic
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From pre-Germanic *spreyt-, of uncertain origin; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *sperH- + *-ey- + *-t-. Variant stem *sprīt- influenced by iterative *spritt-.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]- (West Germanic) to break up, become scattered
Inflection
[edit]Conjugation of *sprīþaną (strong class 1)
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Proto-West Germanic: *sprīþan