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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sprittōną

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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

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Etymology

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From Pre-Germanic *spritnéh₂-, a zero-grade iterative to *sprīþaną (to break up).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsprit.tɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

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*sprittōną

  1. to disperse

Inflection

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The original Germanic paradigm consisted of two stem variants, singular *spritt- against non-singular *sprid-.

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*sprit(t)ōn-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 470