Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/spōan

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

From Proto-Germanic *spōaną, from Proto-Indo-European *spóh₁-e-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *speh₁- (“to succeed, prosper”).

Verb

*spōan

1. to succeed, prosper

   Synonym: *lingwan

Inflection

Strong class 7e
Infinitive	*spōan
1st sg. past	*speō
3rd pl. past	*speōun
Past ptcple	*spōan
Infinitive	*spōan
Genitive infin.	*spōannjas
Dative infin.	*spōannjē
Instrum. infin.	*spōannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*spōu	*speō
2nd singular	*spōiʀi	*speōī
3rd singular	*spōidi	*speō
1st plural	*spōum	*speōum
2nd plural	*spōid	*speōud
3rd plural	*spōand	*speōun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*spōē	*speōī
2nd singular	*spōēs	*speōī
3rd singular	*spōē	*speōī
1st plural	*spōēm	*speōīm
2nd plural	*spōēþ	*speōīd
3rd plural	*spōēn	*speōīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*spō
Plural	*spōid
	Present	Past
Participle	*spōandī	*spōan

Related terms

• *spādī

Derived terms

• *gaspōan
• *spōdi
• *spōdīg
• *spōdijan

Descendants

• Old English: spōwan
• Old Saxon: *spōan
  • ⇒ Old Saxon: *andspōan, *antspōan
    • Middle Low German: untspōn, entspōn (possibly borrowed from Dutch)
• Old Dutch: *spuon
  • Middle Dutch: spoen
  • ⇒ Old Dutch: *antspuon
    • Middle Dutch: ontspoen
• Old High German: spuoan, spuoen, spuon
  • Middle High German: spuon