spjir

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian *sperra, from Proto-Germanic *sparrô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spjɪr/

Noun

spjir c (plural spjirren, diminutive spjirke)

1. spruce, fir; tree of the family Pinaceae, especially of the genus Picea.

Alternative forms

• spjirre

Further reading

• “spjir”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011