Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/spehārī

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 *spehu +‎ *-ārī.

Noun

*spehārī m

a spy, spier
Synonym: *spehō

Inflection

Masculine ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*spehārī
Genitive	*spehārijas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*spehārī	spehārijō, spehārijōs
Accusative	*spehārī	*spehārijā
Genitive	*spehārijas	*spehārijō
Dative	*spehārijē	*spehārijum
Instrumental	*spehāriju	*spehārijum

Related terms

*spehōn

Descendants

Old Saxon: *spehāri
- Middle Low German: spēære, spēer, spēger, spēr
  - → Swedish: spejare
Old Dutch: *speāri
- Middle Dutch: spiere, spierre, spier
  - Dutch: *spieder (in bespieder, verspieder)
    - → West Frisian: ferspieder
Old High German: spehāri, spihāri, spiohāri
- Middle High German: spëhære, spehāre, speher, spieher, spicher
  - German: Späher