Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sprantijaną

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

From *sprintaną +‎ *-janą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsprɑn.ti.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*sprantijaną

1. to make jump up

Inflection

Conjugation of *sprantijaną (weak class 1)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*sprantijō	*sprantijaų	—	*sprantijai	?
2nd singular	*sprantīsi	*sprantijais	*sprantī	*sprantijasai	*sprantijaisau
3rd singular	*sprantīþi	*sprantijai	*sprantijaþau	*sprantijaþai	*sprantijaiþau
1st dual	*sprantijōs	*sprantijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*sprantijaþiz	*sprantijaiþiz	*sprantijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*sprantijamaz	*sprantijaim	—	*sprantijanþai	*sprantijainþau
2nd plural	*sprantīþ	*sprantijaiþ	*sprantīþ	*sprantijanþai	*sprantijainþau
3rd plural	*sprantijanþi	*sprantijain	*sprantijanþau	*sprantijanþai	*sprantijainþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*sprantidǭ	*sprantidēdį̄
2nd singular	*sprantidēz	*sprantidēdīz
3rd singular	*sprantidē	*sprantidēdī
1st dual	*sprantidēdū	*sprantidēdīw
2nd dual	*sprantidēdudiz	*sprantidēdīdiz
1st plural	*sprantidēdum	*sprantidēdīm
2nd plural	*sprantidēdud	*sprantidēdīd
3rd plural	*sprantidēdun	*sprantidēdīn
	present	past
participles	*sprantijandz	*sprantidaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *sprantijan
  • Old English: sprentan
  • Old High German: sprenzan
• Old Norse: spretta, *sprenta
  • Icelandic: spretta
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sprette
  • Swedish: sprätta
  • → Northern Middle English: sprenten, sprent
    • English: sprint (see there for further descendants; dialectal sprent, sprunt)
    • Scots: sprent, sprint, spraint, sprind