Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/spilōn
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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]
From *spil (“game; play; dance”) + *-ōn.
Verb[edit]
*spilōn
Inflection[edit]
| Class 2 weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *spilōn | |
| 1st sg. past | *spilōdā | |
| Infinitive | *spilōn | |
| Genitive infin. | *spilōnijas | |
| Dative infin. | *spilōnijē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *spilōniju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *spilō | *spilōdā |
| 2nd singular | *spilōs | *spilōdēs, *spilōdōs |
| 3rd singular | *spilōþ | *spilōdē, *spilōdā |
| 1st plural | *spilōm | *spilōdum |
| 2nd plural | *spilōþ | *spilōdud |
| 3rd plural | *spilōnþ | *spilōdun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *spilō | *spilōdī |
| 2nd singular | *spilōs | *spilōdī |
| 3rd singular | *spilō | *spilōdī |
| 1st plural | *spilōm | *spilōdīm |
| 2nd plural | *spilōþ | *spilōdīd |
| 3rd plural | *spilōn | *spilōdīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *spilō | |
| Plural | *spilōþ | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *spilōndī | *spilōd |
Descendants[edit]
- Old English: spilian, spillian
- Old Frisian: spilia
- Old Saxon: spilōn
- Old Dutch: *spilon
- Old High German: spilōn
Further reading[edit]
- Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*spila-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 343: “*spilōjan-”
References[edit]
- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline (2010) “spelen”, in Nederlandse woorden wereldwijd [Dutch words worldwide][1] (in Dutch), The Hague: Sdu Uitgevers, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 597