Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/spīralink

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

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Noun

*spīralink m

1. European smelt (Osmerus eperlanus).

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*spīralink
Genitive	*spīralinkas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*spīralink	*spīralinkō, *spīralinkōs
Accusative	*spīralink	*spīralinkā
Genitive	*spīralinkas	*spīralinkō
Dative	*spīralinkē	*spīralinkum
Instrumental	*spīralinku	*spīralinkum

Descendants

• Old Frisian: *spīrrink
  • West Frisian: spierring, spjirring
• Old Saxon: spīrlinc
  • Middle Low German: spîrlinc, spîrlink, spîrink, spirink
    • German: Spiering, Spierling
    • → Danish: sperling
• Middle High German: sperlinc
• Old Dutch: spierink
  • Middle Dutch: spierlinc, spierinc
    • Dutch: spierling, spiering
      • → English: spearing
      • → French: spirlin
    • → Scots: spirling
• → Old French: esperlenc, esperlinge, espirlinge, espelens
  • French: éperlan (see there for further descendants)
  • → Middle English: esperlinge
    • English: sparling, sperling
• → Latin: sperlingus, spirlingus, sparlingus