Etymology Explorer
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Where does “sper” come from?
sper (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-Germanic speru, from Proto-Indo-European sperH- — to kick.
Ancestry of “sper”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Germanic
speru
spear
2
Proto-Indo-European
sperH-
to kick
Words derived from “sper”
sparerib
sper
ribbespêr
ribbesper
ribspare
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