Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sparrō

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

Proto-Germanic *sparrô.

Noun

*sparrō m

1. beam, bar
2. spar, rafter

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*sparrō
Genitive	*sparrini, *sparran
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*sparrō	*sparran
Accusative	*sparran	*sparran
Genitive	*sparrini, *sparran	*sparranō
Dative	*sparrini, *sparran	*sparrum
Instrumental	*sparrini, *sparran	*sparrum

Descendants

• 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