Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/spōdi

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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 *spōan (“to succeed, prosper”) +‎ *-þi.

Noun[edit]

*spōdi f[1]

  1. hurry, rush
  2. success, prosperity

Inflection[edit]

i-stem
Singular
Nominative *spōdi
Genitive *spōdī
Singular Plural
Nominative *spōdi *spōdī
Accusative *spōdi *spōdī
Genitive *spōdī *spōdijō
Dative *spōdī *spōdim, *spōdijum
Instrumental *spōdī *spōdim, *spōdijum

Related terms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Old English: spēd
    • Middle English: spede
  • Old Saxon: *spōdi, spōd
  • Old Dutch: *spuod
  • Old High German: spuot
    • Middle High German: spuot (dying out)
      • German: Sput (rare and only under Low German influence)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “sputen”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 693: “wg. *spōdi”
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