- sp(h)eng-
- sp(h)eng-English meaning: to shineDeutsche Übersetzung: “glänzen”Note: (and *speg-?)Material: Lith. spingu, spinge ́ti “gleam”, spiñgis “Durchbau in Walde”; Ltv. spĩgana “eine Lufterscheinung, dragon, witch “, spĩgans ds., spĩganis “Irrlicht”, spĩgulis “Johanneswũrmchen”, spĩguluot ‘shimmer”; spuoga ‘spiegelbild”, spuogalas f. pl. “ radiance “, spuogât “gleam”; O.Pruss. soanxti (leg. spanxti) ‘spark”; to this group as “*blinzelnd” also Lith. spañgas “undeutlich seeing “, apspañgęs “verblendet”, spangỹs “Halbblinder, Schielender”; also O.E. spincan “Funken sprũhen”, Eng. spunk ‘spark, Feuerschwamm, tinder” as “*phosphoreszierend”; da helle light- and onomatopoeic words Schallempfindungen frequent, often with the same words bezeichnet become, possibly also Lith. speñgti “ clink “, Ltv. spìegt “as eine mouse pfeifen” angereiht become; perhaps IE spheng-, also to Gk. φέγγος n. “light, shine”, φέγγω “leuchte, erhelle”; da *spend- “gleam” eine Zerlegung in *sp(h)en-g-, -d- zur Erwägung places, kann spengnot zuversichtlich as nasal form eines: (s)peg- gelten, das erschlossen wird from Ger. Spuk from M.L.G. spōk ‘spuk, ghost” (Gmc.*spōk-); if in addition also the group from M.L.G. spakeren ‘sprũhen” (etc.)?.References: WP. II 663 f.
Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary. 2015.