Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/spīsā

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin spēsa, from Late Latin expēnsa (“expense”), from Latin expēnsus.[1]

Noun[edit]

*spīsā f

  1. meal, foodstuffs

Inflection[edit]

ōn-stem
Singular
Nominative *spīsā
Genitive *spīsōn
Singular Plural
Nominative *spīsā *spīsōn
Accusative *spīsōn *spīsōn
Genitive *spīsōn *spīsōnō
Dative *spīsōn *spīsōm, *spīsum
Instrumental *spīsōn *spīsōm, *spīsum

Alternative reconstructions[edit]

  • *spį̄sā

Descendants[edit]

  • Old Frisian: spīse
  • Old Saxon: spīsa
  • Old Dutch: spīsa
  • Old High German: spisa

References[edit]

  1. ^ de Vries, Jan (1971) “spijs 1”, in Nederlands etymologisch woordenboek [Dutch etymological dictionary] (in Dutch), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN: “mlat. spēsa < spensa < lat. expensa (pecunia) van expendere”
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