Where does “spoor” come from?

spoor (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch spor, from Old Dutch spor, from Proto-West Germanic *spor, from Proto-Germanic spurą, from Proto-Indo-European sperH- — to kick.

spoor (Dutch): track; railway track; trace

Definitions

  1. track; railway track; trace

Ancestry of “spoor”, step by step

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

Words derived from “spoor”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sperH- →