Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/spurô

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 Proto-Indo-European *sperH- (“to twitch, push, fidget, be quick”).

Noun

*spurô m

1. spur

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *spurô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*spurô	*spuraniz
vocative	*spurô	*spuraniz
accusative	*spuranų	*spuranunz
genitive	*spuriniz	*spuranǫ̂
dative	*spurini	*spurammaz
instrumental	*spurinē	*spurammiz

Derived terms

• *spurōną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *spurō, *sporō
  • Old English: spura, spora
    • Middle English: spore, spor, spure, spwre, spuyre, spurre, spur, spoure, spourre, spowrre, spoor, sporre
      • English: spur
      • Scots: spur
      • Yola: spourr
  • Old Frisian: *spora
    • Saterland Frisian: Spoor
    • West Frisian: spoar
  • Old Saxon: sporo
    • Middle Low German: spōre, spāre
      • Low German: Spar
  • Old Dutch: *sporo; *spora
    • Middle Dutch: spōre
      • Dutch: spoor
        • Afrikaans: spoor
  • Old High German: sporo
    • Middle High German: spore
      • German: Sporn
  • → Vulgar Latin: *sporo
    • Catalan: esperó
    • Old French: esperun
      • Middle French: esperon
        • French: éperon
    • Galician: esporón
    • Italian: sprone
    • Occitan: esporon
• Old Norse: spori
  • Icelandic: spori
  • Faroese: spori
  • Norwegian: spore
  • Swedish: sporre
  • Danish: spore
• Gothic: *𐍃𐍀𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰 (*spaura)
  • → Galician: espora
  • → Portuguese: espora
  • → Spanish: espuela
    • ⇒ Spanish: espolón