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Where does “*spurnan” come from?

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

Ancestry of “*spurnan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicspurnanąto kick, to trample
2Proto-Indo-EuropeansperH-to kick
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