Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sparkō

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

Uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *sparkaz (“lively, energetic”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)prey-, *(s)per- (“to strew, spread, scatter, sow”). Compare Latvian spirgsti (“gleeds beneath ashes”).

Noun

*sparkō m

1. spark

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*sparkō
Genitive	*sparkōas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*sparkō	*sparkōō, *sparkōōs
Accusative	*sparkō	*sparkōā
Genitive	*sparkōas	*sparkōō
Dative	*sparkōē	*sparkōum
Instrumental	*sparkōu	*sparkōum

Synonyms

• *funkō
• *gahnaistō

Derived terms

• *sparkōn

Related terms

• *sparkijan

Descendants

• Old English: spearca, spærca
  • Middle English: sparke, sparc, sparck, spark, sperk, sperke
    • English: spark (see there for further descendants)
    • Scots: spark, sperk
• Old Frisian: *sparka
  • Saterland Frisian: Spoorke f
  • West Frisian: spark
• Old Saxon: *sparko
  • Middle Low German: sparke
    • Low German: Sparke
• Old Dutch: *sparko
  • Middle Dutch: sparke
    • Dutch: spark
    • → Middle French: esparque
• Old High German: *sparcho, *sparko
  • Middle High German: sparke
    • German: Sparke