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

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
- 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

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