Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sparrô

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 *sporHon, from Proto-Indo-European *sperH- (“spear; a kind of tree”); see the related *speru (“spear”) for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɑr.rɔːː/

Noun

*sparrô m

1. beam, bar
2. spar, rafter

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• *sparrijaną

Related terms

• *speru

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *sparrō
  • Old Frisian: *sperra
    • West Frisian: spjir
  • Old Saxon: sparro
    • Middle Low German: spāre, spār, spare, sparren, sparre
      • German Low German: Sparr
  • Old Dutch: *sparro
    • Middle Dutch: sparre
      • Dutch: spar
        • Afrikaans: spar
      • → Middle English: sparre, spare, sparr, spere, sperr, sperre (or from Middle Low German)
        • English: spar
        • Scots: spar
  • Old High German: sparro
    • Middle High German: sparre
      • German: Sparren
  • → Old French: espar f (alternatively borrowed from Gothic)
    • Middle French: espar, épar f
      • French: épar m
• Old Norse: sparri
  • Icelandic: sparri
  • Old Swedish: sparre
    • Swedish: sparre