Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/spahō

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

• *spehō

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- (“to see, to look, to observe”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɑ.xɔː/

Noun

*spahō f

1. a looking, peering
2. a prophesy

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *spahō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*spahō	*spahôz
vocative	*spahō	*spahôz
accusative	*spahǭ	*spahōz
genitive	*spahōz	*spahǫ̂
dative	*spahōi	*spahōmaz
instrumental	*spahō	*spahōmiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *spehu
  • Old Saxon: *speha
    • Middle Low German: *spē
      • Low German: spee
  • Old Dutch: *spia
    • Middle Dutch: spie
      • Dutch: spie, spee, spij (dialectal)
  • Old High German: speha
    • Middle High German: spehe, spē
      • German: Spähe
• Proto-Norse: ᛋᛒᛡ (sbᴀ)
  • Old Norse: spá
    • Icelandic: spá
• → Proto-Samic: *pākō (see there for further descendants)

Note: The West Germanic descendants point to a by-form *spehō.