Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/spīrǭ

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

*spīrō, *spīraz, *spīriz

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *spey- (“peak; summit; sharp point; stick”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈspiː.rɔ̃ː/

Noun

*spīrǭ f

peak; summit; top
pole; rod; reed; stalk

Inflection

ōn-stemDeclension of *spīrǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*spīrǭ	*spīrōniz
vocative	*spīrǭ	*spīrōniz
accusative	*spīrōnų	*spīrōnunz
genitive	*spīrōniz	*spīrōnǫ̂
dative	*spīrōni	*spīrōmaz
instrumental	*spīrōnē	*spīrōmiz

Synonyms

*halmaz

Related terms

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *spīrā; *spīri f; *spīru f; *spīr m or n
- Old English: spīr ? (Gender unknown. Perhaps from *spīr, *spīri, or *spīru)
  - Middle English: spir, spyre, spier, spire
    - English: spire
    - Scots: spyre, spire
- Old Frisian: *spīr
  - Saterland Frisian: Spier, Spíer n
  - West Frisian: spier c or n
- Old Saxon: spīr f (i-stem)
  - Middle Low German: spîr m or n
    - German Low German: Spier m or n
    - → German: Spier
- Old Dutch: *spīr
  - Middle Dutch: spier n
    - Dutch: spier f
- Old High German: spīr (in spīrboum)
  - Middle High German: spīre f; spir (in spirboum); spier n (in grasspier)
    - German: Speier m or f (dialectal)
Old Norse: spíra
- Icelandic: spíra
- Faroese: spíra
- Norwegian Bokmål: spire, spir
- Swedish: spira
- Danish: spir

References

https://www.dwds.de/wb/dwb/spier#spier