*sprekaną

Runic: ᛊᛈᚱᛖᚲᚨᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈspre.kɑ.nɑ̃/

verb · Strong class 5

Meanings

to speak

Etymology

Probably from a Proto-Indo-European *spregʰ- (‘to crackle’), and cognate with Old Norse spraka (‘to crackle, patter’), Lithuanian spragė́ti (‘to crackle, patter’). Alternatively, suggested to be from a Proto-Indo-European *spreg- on the basis of Albanian shpreh (‘to express, voice’).

Conjugation

Present active

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive	Imperative
1st singular	sprekō	sprekaų	–
2nd singular	sprikizi	sprekaiz	sprek
3rd singular	sprikidi	sprekai	sprekadau
1st dual	sprekōz	sprekaiw	–
2nd dual	sprekadiz	sprekaidiz	sprekadiz
1st plural	sprekamaz	sprekaim	–
2nd plural	sprikid	sprekaid	sprikid
3rd plural	sprekandi	sprekain	sprekandau

Present passive

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive
1st singular	sprekai	–
2nd singular	sprekazai	sprekaizau
3rd singular	sprekadai	sprekaidau
1st dual	–	–
2nd dual	–	–
1st plural	sprekandai	sprekaindau
2nd plural	sprekandai	sprekaindau
3rd plural	sprekandai	sprekaindau

Past

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive
1st singular	sprak	sprēkį̄
2nd singular	spraht	sprēkīz
3rd singular	sprak	sprēkī
1st dual	sprēkū	sprēkīw
2nd dual	sprēkudiz	sprēkīdiz
1st plural	sprēkum	sprēkīm
2nd plural	sprēkud	sprēkīd
3rd plural	sprēkun	sprēkīn

Non-finite Forms

Infinitive	Present Participle	Past Participle
sprekaną	sprekandz	sprekanaz

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Descendants

*sprekan (Proto-West Germanic)
- sprecan (Old Dutch)
  - sprēken (Middle Dutch)
    - spreken (Dutch)
    - spraeke (Limburgish)
*sprekan (Proto-West Germanic)
- sprecan, spreocan, spræcan, specan (Old English)
  - speken, speke (Middle English)
    - speak, speyk, spek, spik (English)
*sprekan (Proto-West Germanic)
- sprecan, spreocan, spræcan, specan (Old English)
  - speken, speke (Middle English)
    - speke, speik (Middle Scots)
      - speik, speak, spik, spikk (Scots)
*sprekan (Proto-West Germanic)
- spreka, sprekan (Old Frisian)
  - spreke (Saterland Frisian)
  - sprekke (West Frisian)
*sprekan (Proto-West Germanic)
- sprëhhan, sprëchan (Old High German)
  - sprëchen (Middle High German)
    - sjprèche (Central Franconian)
    - spreche (Hunsrik)
    - spriechen (Luxembourgish)
*sprekan (Proto-West Germanic)
- sprëhhan, sprëchan (Old High German)
  - sprëchen (Middle High German)
    - sprechen (German)
      - šprechtit (Czech)
      - szprechać (Polish)
      - šprȅhati, шпре̏хати (Serbo-Croatian)
      - шпрехати (šprexaty) (Ukrainian)
*sprekan (Proto-West Germanic)
- sprekan (Old Saxon)
  - sprēken (Middle Low German)
    - spreken (Low German)
    - spräakjen (Plautdietsch)

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