Where does “spurnan” come from?

spurnan (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-West Germanic *spurnan, from Proto-Germanic spurnaną, from Proto-Indo-European sperH- — to kick.

spurnan (Old Saxon): to kick, trample

Definitions

  1. to kick, trample

Ancestry of “spurnan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*spurnan—
2Proto-Germanicspurnanąto kick, to trample
3Proto-Indo-EuropeansperH-to kick
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sperH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic spurnaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *spurnan →