Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/spurô

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *sper-, *sperw- (“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

Descendants

Old English: spura, spora
- Middle English: spore, spor, spure, spwre, spuyre, spurre, spur, spoure, spourre, spowrre, spoor
  - English: spur
  - Scots: spur
Old Saxon: sporo
- Middle Low German: spōre
Middle Dutch: spōre
- Dutch: spoor
Old High German: sporo
- Middle High German: spore
  - German: Sporn
Old Norse: spori
- Swedish: sporre
Gothic: *𐍃𐍀𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰 (*spaura)
- → Galician: espora
- → Portuguese: espora
- → Spanish: espuela
Frankish: *sporo
- → Old French: esperon
  - French: éperon
  - → Galician: esporón

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