Where does “spakur” come from?

spakur (Faroese) comes from Old Norse spakr, from Proto-Germanic spakaz, from Proto-Indo-European speḱ- — to see, to look, to observe.

spakur (Faroese): tame

Definitions

  1. tame

Ancestry of “spakur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsespakrquiet, gentle; wise, with the notion of prophetic...
2Proto-Germanicspakazwise, clever
3Proto-Indo-Europeanspeḱ-to see, to look, to observe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European speḱ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic spakaz →Every word from Old Norse spakr →