Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/spellōną

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

Etymology

Derived from *spellą (“story”) +‎ *-ōną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspel.lɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*spellōną

1. to talk, tell, recount

Inflection

Conjugation of *spellōną (weak class 2)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*spellō	*spellǭ	—	*spellōi	?
2nd singular	*spellōsi	*spellōs	*spellō	*spellōsai	*spellōsau
3rd singular	*spellōþi	*spellō	*spellōþau	*spellōþai	*spellōþau
1st dual	*spellōs	*spellōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*spellōþiz	*spellōþiz	*spellōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*spellōmaz	*spellōm	—	*spellōnþai	*spellōnþau
2nd plural	*spellōþ	*spellōþ	*spellōþ	*spellōnþai	*spellōnþau
3rd plural	*spellōnþi	*spellōn	*spellōnþau	*spellōnþai	*spellōnþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*spellōdǭ	*spellōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*spellōdēz	*spellōdēdīz
3rd singular	*spellōdē	*spellōdēdī
1st dual	*spellōdēdū	*spellōdēdīw
2nd dual	*spellōdēdudiz	*spellōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*spellōdēdum	*spellōdēdīm
2nd plural	*spellōdēdud	*spellōdēdīd
3rd plural	*spellōdēdun	*spellōdēdīn
	present	past
participles	*spellōndz	*spellōdaz

Derived terms

• *spellô

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *spellōn
  • Old English: spellian
    • Middle English: spellen
      • English: spell
  • Old Frisian: *spellia
    • West Frisian: spelle, spjelle, speldzje
  • Old Dutch: *spellon
    • Middle Dutch: spellen
      • Dutch: spellen
      • Limburgish: spèlle
  • Old High German: *spellōn
    • Middle High German: spellen
      • German: spellen (obsolete; dialectal)
    • ⇒ Old High German: gotspellōn
• Old Norse: spjalla
  • Icelandic: spjalla
• Gothic: 𐍃𐍀𐌹𐌻𐌻𐍉𐌽 (spillōn)