"spōan" meaning in All languages combined

See spōan on Wiktionary

Verb [Proto-West Germanic]

Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *spōaną, from Proto-Indo-European *spóh₁-e-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *speh₁- (“to succeed, prosper”). Etymology templates: {{root|gmw-pro|ine-pro|*speh₁-}}, {{inh|gmw-pro|gem-pro|*spōaną}} Proto-Germanic *spōaną, {{inh|gmw-pro|ine-pro||*spóh₁-e-ti}} Proto-Indo-European *spóh₁-e-ti, {{der|gmw-pro|ine-pro|*speh₁-|t=to succeed, prosper}} Proto-Indo-European *speh₁- (“to succeed, prosper”) Head templates: {{head|gmw-pro|verb}} *spōan Inflection templates: {{gmw-infl-verb-st}} Forms: strong [table-tags], spōan [infinitive], spōannjas [genitive, infinitive], spōannjē [dative, infinitive], spōannju [infinitive, instrumental], spōu [first-person, present, singular], speō [first-person, past, singular], spōiʀi [present, second-person, singular], speōī [past, second-person, singular], spōidi [present, singular, third-person], speō [past, singular, third-person], spōum [first-person, plural, present], speōum [first-person, past, plural], spōid [plural, present, second-person], speōud [past, plural, second-person], spōand [plural, present, third-person], speōun [past, plural, third-person], spōē [first-person, present, singular], speōī [first-person, past, singular], spōēs [present, second-person, singular], spōē [present, singular, third-person], speōī [past, singular, third-person], spōēm [first-person, plural, present], speōīm [first-person, past, plural], spōēþ [plural, present, second-person], speōīd [past, plural, second-person], spōēn [plural, present, third-person], speōīn [past, plural, third-person], spō [present, singular], spōid [plural, present], spōandī [participle, present], spōan [participle, past]
  1. to succeed, prosper Wikipedia link: Brill Publishers Tags: reconstruction Synonyms: *lingwan Derived forms: gaspōan, spōdi, spōdīg, spōdijan Related terms: spādī
    Sense id: en-spōan-gmw-pro-verb-GG-ZuQp3 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Old English",
      "lang_code": "ang",
      "word": "spōwan"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Middle Low German",
              "lang_code": "gml",
              "word": "untspōn"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Middle Low German",
              "lang_code": "gml",
              "word": "entspōn"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Old Saxon",
          "lang_code": "osx",
          "raw_tags": [
            "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
          ],
          "word": "*andspōan"
        },
        {
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            {
              "lang": "Middle Low German",
              "lang_code": "gml",
              "word": "untspōn"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Middle Low German",
              "lang_code": "gml",
              "word": "entspōn"
            }
          ],
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            "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
          ],
          "word": "*antspōan"
        }
      ],
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      "lang_code": "osx",
      "word": "*spōan"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Middle Dutch",
          "lang_code": "dum",
          "word": "spoen"
        },
        {
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            {
              "lang": "Middle Dutch",
              "lang_code": "dum",
              "word": "ontspoen"
            }
          ],
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          ],
          "word": "*antspuon"
        }
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      "lang_code": "odt",
      "word": "*spuon"
    },
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          "lang": "Middle High German",
          "lang_code": "gmh",
          "word": "spuon"
        }
      ],
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      "lang_code": "goh",
      "word": "spuoan"
    },
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        {
          "lang": "Middle High German",
          "lang_code": "gmh",
          "word": "spuon"
        }
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      "lang_code": "goh",
      "word": "spuoen"
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      "word": "spuon"
    }
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    [
      "*spōaną",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/spōaną"
    ],
    [
      "*speh₁-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/speh₁-"
    ]
  ],
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    },
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    },
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        "3": "",
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      },
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    },
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      "args": {
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *spōaną, from Proto-Indo-European *spóh₁-e-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *speh₁- (“to succeed, prosper”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gmw-infl-verb-st",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spōan",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spōannjas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spōannjē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spōannju",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spōu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spōiʀi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speōī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spōidi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spōum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speōum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spōid",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speōud",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spōand",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speōun",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spōē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speōī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spōēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spōē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speōī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spōēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speōīm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spōēþ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speōīd",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spōēn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speōīn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spōid",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spōandī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spōan",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "*spōan",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "gmw-infl-verb-st"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-West Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gmw-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/spōan",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "gaspōan"
        },
        {
          "word": "spōdi"
        },
        {
          "word": "spōdīg"
        },
        {
          "word": "spōdijan"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to succeed, prosper"
      ],
      "id": "en-spōan-gmw-pro-verb-GG-ZuQp3",
      "links": [
        [
          "succeed",
          "succeed"
        ],
        [
          "prosper",
          "prosper"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "spādī"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "*lingwan"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Brill Publishers"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "spōan"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "gaspōan"
    },
    {
      "word": "spōdi"
    },
    {
      "word": "spōdīg"
    },
    {
      "word": "spōdijan"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
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      "lang_code": "ang",
      "word": "spōwan"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
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            {
              "lang": "Middle Low German",
              "lang_code": "gml",
              "word": "untspōn"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Middle Low German",
              "lang_code": "gml",
              "word": "entspōn"
            }
          ],
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          "lang_code": "osx",
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            "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
          ],
          "word": "*andspōan"
        },
        {
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            {
              "lang": "Middle Low German",
              "lang_code": "gml",
              "word": "untspōn"
            },
            {
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              "lang_code": "gml",
              "word": "entspōn"
            }
          ],
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          "lang_code": "osx",
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            "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
          ],
          "word": "*antspōan"
        }
      ],
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      "lang_code": "osx",
      "word": "*spōan"
    },
    {
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        {
          "lang": "Middle Dutch",
          "lang_code": "dum",
          "word": "spoen"
        },
        {
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            {
              "lang": "Middle Dutch",
              "lang_code": "dum",
              "word": "ontspoen"
            }
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          ],
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        }
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    },
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      "word": "spuoan"
    },
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      "word": "spuon"
    }
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      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/spōaną"
    ],
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      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/speh₁-"
    ]
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    },
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      "args": {
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        "3": "*speh₁-",
        "t": "to succeed, prosper"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *spōaną, from Proto-Indo-European *spóh₁-e-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *speh₁- (“to succeed, prosper”).",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "strong",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gmw-infl-verb-st",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spōan",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spōannjas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spōannjē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spōannju",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spōu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spōiʀi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speōī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spōidi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spōum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speōum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spōid",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speōud",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spōand",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speōun",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spōē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speōī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spōēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spōē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speōī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spōēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speōīm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spōēþ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speōīd",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spōēn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "speōīn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spōid",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spōandī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spōan",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "*spōan",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "gmw-infl-verb-st"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-West Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gmw-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/spōan",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "spādī"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Proto-West Germanic class 7e strong verbs",
        "Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-West Germanic lemmas",
        "Proto-West Germanic terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Proto-West Germanic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Proto-West Germanic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *speh₁-",
        "Proto-West Germanic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Proto-West Germanic terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Proto-West Germanic verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to succeed, prosper"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "succeed",
          "succeed"
        ],
        [
          "prosper",
          "prosper"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "*lingwan"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Brill Publishers"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "spōan"
}

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