Words that come from Proto-Germanic “spīrō”

31 words across 12 languages descend from Proto-Germanic spīrō — including spire, spired, spiry, spiring, spirelet, spirelike, spireless, spier.

See the etymology of spīrō itself →

Dutch (11)

English (7)

Middle English (4)

Swedish (1)

Icelandic (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Danish (1)

Old Norse (1)

Norwegian Bokmål (1)

Old English (1)

Old Danish (1)