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Where does “špera” come from?

špera (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German sperre, from German sperren, from Middle High German sperren, from Old High German sperran, from Proto-Germanic *sparrijan, from Proto-Germanic *sparrijaną.

špera (Serbo-Croatian): brake; obstruction

Definitions

  1. brake; obstruction

Ancestry of “špera”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germansperreinflection of sperren: ## first-person singular...
2Germansperrento bar; to space out the letters of a word or...
3Middle High Germansperren—
4Old High Germansperranto put up rafters, beams; to barricade
5Proto-Germanic*sparrijan—
6Proto-Germanic*sparrijaną—
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