Where does “spourr” come from?

spourr (Yola) comes from Middle English spore, from Old English spora, from Proto-West Germanic *spurō, from Proto-Germanic spurô, from Proto-Indo-European sper- — to fidget, twitch; to push; to be quick; to...

spourr (Yola): spur

Definitions

  1. spur

Ancestry of “spourr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishsporeA spur; a prod for horses at the back of one's...
2Old Englishspora—
3Proto-West Germanic*spurōspur
4Proto-Germanicspurôspur
5Proto-Indo-Europeansper-to fidget, twitch; to push; to be quick; to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sper- →Every word from Proto-Germanic spurô →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *spurō →