Where does “esperonejar” come from?

esperonejar (Catalan) comes from Catalan espero, from Frankish sporo, from Proto-Germanic spurô, from Proto-Indo-European sper- — to fidget, twitch; to push; to be quick; to...

esperonejar (Catalan): to spur

Definitions

  1. to spur

Ancestry of “esperonejar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanesperospur
2Frankishsporospur
3Proto-Germanicspurôspur
4Proto-Indo-Europeansper-to fidget, twitch; to push; to be quick; to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sper- →Every word from Proto-Germanic spurô →Every word from Frankish sporo →