Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sprek(k)al

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sprek(k)ala-.

Noun

*sprek(k)al n

spot, freckle, fleck

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*sprek(k)al
Genitive	*sprek(k)alas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*sprek(k)al	*sprek(k)alu
Accusative	*sprek(k)al	*sprek(k)alu
Genitive	*sprek(k)alas	*sprek(k)alō
Dative	*sprek(k)alē	*sprek(k)alum
Instrumental	*sprek(k)alu	*sprek(k)alum

Derived terms

*sprek(k)aloht

Related terms

*sprenkal (nasalised variant)
*sprenkaloht (nasalised variant)

Descendants

Old English: sprecel, spreccil
- Middle English: *sprekel, sprekle
  - English: spreckle
  - Scots: spreckel, spreckle
Old High German: *sprekkil, *spreckil
- Middle High German: spreckel, sprëckel n
  - German: Spreckel m
  - Alemannic German: Šprägel, Šprigel

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