Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/spehārī

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

From *spehu +‎ *-ārī.

Noun

*spehārī m

1. a spy, spier

   Synonym: *spehō

Inflection

Masculine ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*spehārī
Genitive	*spehārijas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*spehārī	*spehārijō, *spehārijōs
Accusative	*spehārī	*spehārijā
Genitive	*spehārijas	*spehārijō
Dative	*spehārijē	*spehārijum
Instrumental	*spehāriju	*spehārijum

Related terms

• *spehōn

Descendants

• Old Saxon: *spehāri
  • Middle Low German: spēære, spēer, spēger, spēr
    • → Swedish: spejare
• Old Dutch: *speāri
  • Middle Dutch: spiere, spierre, spier
    • Dutch: *spieder (in bespieder, verspieder)
      • → West Frisian: ferspieder
• Old High German: spehāri, spihāri, spiohāri
  • Middle High German: spëhære, spehāre, speher, spieher, spicher
    • German: Späher