Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/spōlǭ

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

Etymology

Kroonen suggests an inheritance from Proto-Indo-European *speh₂-tleh₂, from *(s)peh₂-.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspɔː.lɔ̃ː/

Noun

*spōlǭ f

  1. spool; reel

Inflection

Declension of *spōlǭ (ōn-stem)
singular plural
nominative *spōlǭ *spōlōniz
vocative *spōlǭ *spōlōniz
accusative *spōlōnų *spōlōnunz
genitive *spōlōniz *spōlōnǫ̂
dative *spōlōni *spōlōmaz
instrumental *spōlōnē *spōlōmiz

Synonyms

  • *spōlō
  • *spōlô

Descendants

  • Old English: *spōle
    • Middle English: spole (also possibly from Dutch)
  • Old Frisian: *spōle
  • Old Saxon: spōla
  • Old Dutch: *spuola, *spōla
  • Old High German: spuola
  • Old Norse: spóla

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (26 September 2017), “The development of the Proto-Indo-European instrumental suffix in Germanic”, in Indogermanische Forschungen[1], volume 122, number 1, →DOI, →ISSN, page 108