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Where does “speru” come from?

speru (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic *speru, from Proto-Germanic speru, from Proto-Indo-European sperH- — to kick.

Ancestry of “speru”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*speru—
2Proto-Germanicsperuspear
3Proto-Indo-EuropeansperH-to kick

Words derived from “speru”

  • stratosfeer
  • speer
  • sfeervol
  • sfeer
  • aalspeer
  • sferisch
  • asferisch
  • lithosfeer
  • spēre
  • spere
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sperH- →