Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sprottōn

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 Proto-Germanic *spruttōną, from earlier paradigm *spruttōþi ~ *sprutunanþi, from pre-Proto-Germanic *sprud-nā́-ti ~ *sprud-un-ánti, iterative to *spreutan (“to sprout”).

Verb

*sprottōn

1. (iterative) to sprout, germinate

Inflection

Class 2 weak
Infinitive	*sprottōn
1st sg. past	*sprottōdā
Infinitive	*sprottōn
Genitive infin.	*sprottōnijas
Dative infin.	*sprottōnijē
Instrum. infin.	*sprottōniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*sprottō	*sprottōdā
2nd singular	*sprottōs	*sprottōdēs, *sprottōdōs
3rd singular	*sprottōþ	*sprottōdē, *sprottōdā
1st plural	*sprottōm	*sprottōdum
2nd plural	*sprottōþ	*sprottōdud
3rd plural	*sprottōnþ	*sprottōdun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*sprottō	*sprottōdī
2nd singular	*sprottōs	*sprottōdī
3rd singular	*sprottō	*sprottōdī
1st plural	*sprottōm	*sprottōdīm
2nd plural	*sprottōþ	*sprottōdīd
3rd plural	*sprottōn	*sprottōdīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*sprottō
Plural	*sprottōþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*sprottōndī	*sprottōd

Descendants

• Old Dutch: *sprottōn
  • Middle Dutch: *sprotten
    • Dutch: sprotten (archaic)
• Old High German: *sproztōn
  • Middle High German: *sprozzen
    • German: sprossen

Further reading

• Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 470