Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/haspijǭ

This Proto-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-Germanic

Alternative forms

*hapsijǭ (early)
*hazbijǭ (North Germanic)

Etymology

From earlier *hapsijǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kamb- (“crooked; bent”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxɑs.pi.jɔ̃ː/

Noun

*haspijǭ f

clasp; hasp
reel

Inflection

ōn-stemDeclension of *haspijǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*haspijǭ	*haspijōniz
vocative	*haspijǭ	*haspijōniz
accusative	*haspijōnų	*haspijōnunz
genitive	*haspijōniz	*haspijōnǫ̂
dative	*haspijōni	*haspijōmaz
instrumental	*haspijōnē	*haspijōmiz

Derived terms

*hapsōną
*haspulaz/*haspilaz
- Old Frisian: *haspel, *hespel
  - Saterland Frisian: Haspel
  - West Frisian: haspel, hispel
- Old Saxon: haspul
  - Middle Low German: haspel
    - German Low German: Haspel
    - → Danish: hæspel
    - → Norwegian: hespel
    - → Swedish: haspel
- Frankish: *haspilaz
  - Old Dutch: *haspil
    - Middle Dutch: haspel
      - Dutch: haspel
- Old High German: haspil
  - Middle High German: haspel
    - Cimbrian: haspel
    - German: Haspel

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *haspijā
- Old English: hæpse; hæsp
  - Middle English: haspe, hespe
    - English: hasp
      - → Irish: haspa
    - Scots: hesp
- Old Frisian: *hespe
  - Saterland Frisian: Häspe; Häsp
- Old Saxon: *haspia, *hespia
  - Middle Low German: haspe, hespe
    - → Danish: hasp, hæspe
    - → Swedish: hasp
    - → Norwegian: hespe
- Old Dutch: *haspa
  - Middle Dutch: haspe
    - Dutch: hasp, haps (obsolete)
- Old High German: *haspa
  - Middle High German: haspe, hespe
    - German: Haspe, Häspe
Old Norse: hespa
- Icelandic: hespa
- Faroese: hespa
Gothic: *𐌷𐌰𐍃𐍀𐌰 (*haspa)
- → Vulgar Latin: *haspa (see there for further descendants)