Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/spiltaz

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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

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Etymology

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Unknown. It may or may not be cognate with Russian по́лба (pólba, spelt) and Latin puls (porridge (usually of spelt)) and Ancient Greek πόλτος (póltos, porridge (usually of spelt)). Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pelH- (to split off, separate), or borrowed from an unknown substrate by Germanic and Latin.[1]

Noun

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*spiltaz m

  1. spelt (a type of wheat)

Inflection

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masculine a-stemDeclension of *spiltaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *spiltaz *spiltōz, *spiltōs
vocative *spilt *spiltōz, *spiltōs
accusative *spiltą *spiltanz
genitive *spiltas, *spiltis *spiltǫ̂
dative *spiltai *spiltamaz
instrumental *spiltō *spiltamiz

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “spelt”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute