Where does “Spoa” come from?

Spoa (Plautdietsch) comes 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.

Spoa (Plautdietsch): footprint, track, trail, spoor

Definitions

  1. footprint, track, trail, spoor

Ancestry of “Spoa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanspāre—
2Old Saxonsparro—
3Proto-West Germanic*sparrōbeam, bar
4Proto-Germanicsparrôa wooden beam, a log
5Proto-Indo-European(s)par-beam, log

Words derived from “Spoa”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)par- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sparrô →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *sparrō →