Where does “spear” come from?
spear (West Frisian) comes from Old Frisian spere, from Proto-West Germanic *speru, from Proto-Germanic speru, from Proto-Indo-European sperH- — to kick.
spear (West Frisian): spear
Ancestry of “spear”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Frisian | spere | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *speru | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | speru | spear |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | sperH- | to kick |