Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/spīsā

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin spēsa, from Late Latin expēnsa (“expense”), from Latin expēnsus.

Noun

*spīsā f

1. meal, foodstuffs

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*spīsā
Genitive	*spīsōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*spīsā	*spīsōn
Accusative	*spīsōn	*spīsōn
Genitive	*spīsōn	*spīsōnō
Dative	*spīsōn	*spīsōm, *spīsum
Instrumental	*spīsōn	*spīsōm, *spīsum

Alternative reconstructions

• *spį̄sā

Descendants

• Old Frisian: spīse
• Old Saxon: spīsa
  • Middle Low German: spise
    • → Danish: spise
      • → Norwegian Bokmål: spise
    • → Swedish: spisa
• Old Dutch: spīsa
  • Middle Dutch: spise
    • Dutch: spijs
• Old High German: spisa
  • Middle High German: spise
    • German: Speise