Where does “smalspoor” come from?

smalspoor (Dutch) 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.

smalspoor (Dutch): narrow gauge railway

Definitions

  1. narrow gauge railway

Ancestry of “smalspoor”, step by step

smalspoor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch spoor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchspoortrack; railway track; trace
2Middle Dutchspor—
3Old Dutchsportrack, trace
4Proto-West Germanic*spor—
5Proto-Germanicspurątrack
6Proto-Indo-EuropeansperH-to kick

via Dutch smal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchsmalnarrow
2Middle Dutchsmal—
3Old Dutchsmalsmall
4Proto-Germanicsmalazsmall
5Proto-Indo-European(s)mal-small; little

Words derived from “smalspoor”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sperH- →