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

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

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

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

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[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN