Where does “spoorer” come from?

spoorer (English) comes from English spoor, from Afrikaans spoor, 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.

spoorer (English): A hunter who tracks game by its spoor

Definitions

  1. A hunter who tracks game by its spoor

Ancestry of “spoorer”, step by step

spoorer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English spoor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishspoorThe track, trail, droppings or scent of an...
2Afrikaansspoor
3Dutchspoortrack; railway track; trace
4Middle Dutchspor
5Old Dutchsportrack, trace
6Proto-West Germanic*spor
7Proto-Germanicspurątrack
8Proto-Indo-EuropeansperH-to kick

via English ER

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishERThe statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of...
2Turkisherearly; brave; man, male
3Ottoman Turkishایرsaddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal
4Old Anatolian Turkishایرearly, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event
5Proto-Turkicēdersaddle
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sperH-