Where does “spoor” come from?
spoor (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch spoor, from Middle Dutch spor, from Old Dutch spor, from Proto-West Germanic *spor, from Proto-Germanic spurą, from Proto-Indo-European sperH- — to kick.
Ancestry of “spoor”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Dutch | spoor | track; railway track; trace |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | spor | — |
| 3 | Old Dutch | spor | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *spor | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | spurą | track |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sperH- | to kick |
Words derived from “spoor”