Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/speut

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 *speutaz, *speutą, from Proto-Indo-European *spewd- (“to press, push”), thus denoting "something driven into other things". See Proto-Germanic *speutą for North Germanic cognates.

Noun

*speut m

1. spear

   Synonyms: *angō, *darōþu, *frankō, *gaiʀ, *speru

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*speut
Genitive	*speutas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*speut	*speutō, *speutōs
Accusative	*speut	*speutā
Genitive	*speutas	*speutō
Dative	*speutē	*speutum
Instrumental	*speutu	*speutum

Descendants

• Old Saxon: spiot
  • Middle Low German: spêt
• Old Dutch: *spiot
  • Middle Dutch: spiet
• Old High German: spioz
  • Middle High German: spiez
    • German: Spieß
    • → Middle Low German: spitz, spies, spis
      • → Finnish: peitsi
    • → Middle Dutch: spietse, spiesse, spesse
      • Dutch: spies
        • Afrikaans: spies
• → Late Latin: speutum, speudum
  • Old French: espiet (see there for further descendants)