Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/spurō

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Alternative forms

• *sporō

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *spurô.

Noun

*spurō m

1. spur

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*sporō
Genitive	*spurini, *sporan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*sporō	*sporan
Accusative	*sporan	*sporan
Genitive	*spurini, *sporan	*sporanō
Dative	*spurini, *sporan	*spurum
Instrumental	*spurini, *sporan	*spurum

Descendants

• 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