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Where does “spor” come from?

spor (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse spǫr, from Proto-Germanic spurą, from Proto-Indo-European sperH- — to kick.

spor (Icelandic): sparrow

Definitions

  1. sparrow

Ancestry of “spor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsespǫraccusative singular indefinite of spǫrr
2Proto-Germanicspurątrack
3Proto-Indo-EuropeansperH-to kick

Words derived from “spor”

  • gráspör
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sperH- →