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Where does “spearca” come from?

spearca (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic sprakô, from Proto-Indo-European (s)per- — to strew, sow, sprinkle; to sow, sprinkle, strew;...

spearca (Old English): a spark

Definitions

  1. a spark

Ancestry of “spearca”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicsprakôspark
2Proto-Indo-European(s)per-to strew, sow, sprinkle; to sow, sprinkle, strew;...

Words derived from “spearca”

  • spark
  • sparky
  • sparkless
  • sparker
  • sparklet
  • sparkish
  • sparkline
  • sparklike
  • sparklessly
  • sparkiness
  • sparkishly
  • sparkily
  • sparkie
  • sparken
  • microspark
  • antispark
  • sparkest
  • sparkful
  • sparkable
  • sparklessness
  • sparketh
  • sparko
  • sparkilo
  • sperke
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