*spreutaną

Runic: ᛊᛈᚱᛖᚢᛏᚨᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈspreu̯.tɑ.nɑ̃/

verb · Strong class 2

Meanings

to sprout
to spring, come out

Etymology

From Pre-Germanic *sprewd-, but also possibly back-formed from the iterative, from Proto-Indo-European *sper- (‘to strew’), extended form *sprewd-. Related to Lithuanian sprausti (‘to thrust’), Ancient Greek σπείρω (speírō) (speírō, ‘I sow’).

Conjugation

Present active

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive	Imperative
1st singular	spreutō	spreutaų	–
2nd singular	spriutizi	spreutaiz	spreut
3rd singular	spriutidi	spreutai	spreutadau
1st dual	spreutōz	spreutaiw	–
2nd dual	spreutadiz	spreutaidiz	spreutadiz
1st plural	spreutamaz	spreutaim	–
2nd plural	spriutid	spreutaid	spriutid
3rd plural	spreutandi	spreutain	spreutandau

Present passive

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive
1st singular	spreutai	–
2nd singular	spreutazai	spreutaizau
3rd singular	spreutadai	spreutaidau
1st dual	–	–
2nd dual	–	–
1st plural	spreutandai	spreutaindau
2nd plural	spreutandai	spreutaindau
3rd plural	spreutandai	spreutaindau

Past

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive
1st singular	spraut	sprutį̄
2nd singular	spraust	sprutīz
3rd singular	spraut	sprutī
1st dual	sprutū	sprutīw
2nd dual	sprutudiz	sprutīdiz
1st plural	sprutum	sprutīm
2nd plural	sprutud	sprutīd
3rd plural	sprutun	sprutīn

Non-finite Forms

Infinitive	Present Participle	Past Participle
spreutaną	spreutandz	sprutanaz

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Descendants

*spreutan (Proto-West Germanic)
- *sprūtan (Old Dutch)
  - spruten (Middle Dutch)
    - spruiten (Dutch)
      - spruit (Afrikaans)
      - sprùit, spreit, spruit (Papiamentu)
*spreutan (Proto-West Germanic)
- *sprēotan, sprūtan (Old English)
  - āsprēotan, ġeondsprēot (Old English)
*spreutan (Proto-West Germanic)
- *sprēotan, sprūtan (Old English)
  - spruten, sprouten (Middle English)
    - sprout (English)
    - sproot, spruit (Scots)
*spreutan (Proto-West Germanic)
- sprūta (Old Frisian)
  - sprute, spruutje (Saterland Frisian)
  - sprûte (West Frisian)
*spreutan (Proto-West Germanic)
- *spriozan, *sprūzan (Old High German)
  - spriezen, sprūzen (Middle High German)
    - sprießen (German)
    - spréissen (Luxembourgish)
*spreutan (Proto-West Germanic)
- *spriotan, *sprūtan (Old Saxon)
  - sprêten, sprûten (Middle Low German)
    - spruten (German Low German)
*spreutan (Proto-West Germanic)
- *spriotan, *sprūtan (Old Saxon)
  - ūtsprūtan (Old Saxon)
    - ûtsprûten (Middle Low German)
      - utspruten (German Low German)
*sprúta (Old Norse)
- sprauta, spretta (Icelandic)
- sprute (Norwegian Bokmål)
- sprute, spruta (Norwegian Nynorsk)
- spruta (Swedish)

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