Where does “spier” come from?

spier (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch spīr, from Proto-Germanic spīraz.

spier (Middle Dutch): pointed object; blade of grass; long pole; muscle

Definitions

  1. pointed object; blade of grass; long pole; muscle

Ancestry of “spier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchspīr—
2Proto-Germanicspīraz—

Words derived from “spier”

Every word from Proto-Germanic spīraz →