Where does “sporen” come from?

sporen (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.

sporen (Dutch): to spur; to agree, to align; to be sane

Definitions

  1. to spur; to agree, to align; to be sane

Ancestry of “sporen”, step by step

sporen 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 Middle Dutch sporen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchsporen—
2Old Dutchspurien—
3Proto-Germanicspurjanąto feel, touch; to study; to search; to examine;...

Words derived from “sporen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sperH- →
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