Reconstruction:Old Dutch/sparon

This Old Dutch 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.

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sparēn, from Proto-Germanic *sparāną. Equivalent to spar (“sparing, frugal”) +‎ -on.

Verb

*sparon

1. to spare
2. to save up

Inflection

Conjugation of *sparon (weak class 2)

infinitive	*sparon
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	*sparo, *sparon	*sparoda
2nd person singular	*sparos, *sparost	*sparodos
3rd person singular	*sparot	*sparoda
1st person plural	*sparon	*sparodun
2nd person plural	*sparot	*sparodut
3rd person plural	*sparont	*sparodun
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	*sparo	*sparodi
2nd person singular	*sparos, *sparost	*sparodis
3rd person singular	*sparo	*sparodi
1st person plural	*sparon	*sparodin
2nd person plural	*sparot	*sparodit
3rd person plural	*sparon	*sparodin
imperative	present
singular	*sparo
plural	*sparot
participle	present	past
	*sparondi	*sparot, *gisparot

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: spāren
  • Dutch: sparen
    • Afrikaans: spaar
    • Negerhollands: spaar, spaer
    • → Caribbean Javanese: separ, nyepar
    • → Papiamentu: spar, spaar

Further reading

• “sparon ?”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012