Where does “Dakspoa” come from?

Dakspoa (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch Spoa, from Middle Low German spāre, from Old Saxon sparro, from Proto-West Germanic *sparrō, from Proto-Germanic sparrô, from Proto-Indo-European (s)par- — beam, log.

Dakspoa (Plautdietsch): rafter

Definitions

  1. rafter

Ancestry of “Dakspoa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschSpoafootprint, track, trail, spoor
2Middle Low Germanspāre
3Old Saxonsparro
4Proto-West Germanic*sparrōbeam, bar
5Proto-Germanicsparrôa wooden beam, a log
6Proto-Indo-European(s)par-beam, log
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)par-Every word from Proto-Germanic sparrôEvery word from Proto-West Germanic *sparrō