Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/spituz

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Proto-Germanic

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Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *spey- (“sharp, sharp stick”).

Noun

*spituz m

rod (for roasting meat)
stick; spit

Related terms

*speutaz (“(West Germanic) spear”)
*spitą (“spear”)

Inflection

u-stemDeclension of *spituz (u-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*spituz	*spitiwiz
vocative	*spitu	*spitiwiz
accusative	*spitų	*spitunz
genitive	*spitauz	*spitiwǫ̂
dative	*spitiwi	*spitumaz
instrumental	*spitū	*spitumiz

Descendants

Old English: spitu f
- Middle English: spite, spytte
  - English: spit
Old Saxon: *spit
- Middle Low German: spit n
  - German Low German: Spitt
  - → Norwegian: spidd (possibly)
  - → Swedish: spett (possibly)
  - → Danish: spid (possibly)
Frankish: *spita; *spit
- Old Dutch: *spit
  - Middle Dutch: spit, spet
    - Dutch: spit
- → Old French: espeiz
  - Middle French: espois
    - French: épois
- → Late Latin: spidus
  - Old Italian: spito, spedo
  - Spanish: espeto
  - Portuguese: espeto
Old High German: spiz n or m
- Middle High German: spiz
Old Norse: spýta
- Icelandic: spýta
- Faroese: spýta