Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/spurą

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Pre-Germanic *spr̥Hom, derived from or related to *spurnaną (“to kick”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sperH- (“to trample”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspu.rɑ̃/

Noun

*spurą n[2]

  1. track

Inflection

Declension of *spurą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *spurą *spurō
vocative *spurą *spurō
accusative *spurą *spurō
genitive *spuras, *spuris *spurǫ̂
dative *spurai *spuramaz
instrumental *spurō *spuramiz

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old English: spor
    • Middle English: spore, spurre
  • Old Frisian: *spor
    • Saterland Frisian: Spour, Spuur
    • West Frisian: spoar
  • Old Saxon: spor
  • Old Dutch: spor
  • Old High German: spor
  • Old Norse: spor

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*spurjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 471: “*spura-”
  2. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*spuran”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 357
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