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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspu.rɑ̃/

Noun

*spurą n

1. track

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension 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

• *spurjaną
• *spurōną

Related terms

• *spurô

Descendants

• Old English: spor
  • Middle English: spore, spurre
• Old Frisian: *spor
  • Saterland Frisian: Spour, Spuur
  • West Frisian: spoar
• Old Saxon: spor
  • Middle Low German: spōr
    • German Low German: Spoor
    • Plautdietsch: Spoor
• Old Dutch: spor
  • Middle Dutch: spor, spoor
    • Dutch: spoor
      • Afrikaans: spoor
        • → English: spoor
        • → Fanagalo: spor
        • → Zulu: sipolo
      • Jersey Dutch: spôr
      • Negerhollands: spoor
      • Petjo: sepoor
      • → Caribbean Javanese: sepur
      • → Indonesian: sepur (“railway track”)
      • → Javanese: ꦱꦼꦥꦸꦂ (sepur)
        • → Indonesian: sepur (“train”) (semantic loan)
      • → Papiamentu: spor
• Old High German: spor
  • Middle High German: spor, spur
    • Central Franconian:

      Hunsrik: Spoer

    • German: Spur
    • Luxembourgish: Spuer
    • ⇒ Alemannic German: Gespur
• Old Norse: spor
  • Icelandic: spor
  • Norwegian: spor
  • Old Swedish: spor
    • Swedish: spår
  • Danish: spor