Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sparrô

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sperH-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈspɑr.rɔːː/

Noun

*sparrô m

beam, bar
spar, rafter

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

*sparrijaną

Related terms

*speru

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *sparrō
- Old Frisian: *sperra
  - West Frisian: spjir
- Old Saxon: sparro
  - Middle Low German: spāre, spār, spare, sparren, sparre
    - German Low German: Sparr
- Old Dutch: *sparro
  - Middle Dutch: sparre
    - Dutch: spar
    - → Middle English: sparre, spare, sparr, spere, sperr, sperre (or from Middle Low German)
      - English: spar
      - Scots: spar
- Old High German: sparro
  - Middle High German: sparre
    - German: Sparren
- → Old French: espar f (alternatively borrowed from Gothic)
  - Middle French: espar, épar f
    - French: épar m
Old Norse: sparri
- Icelandic: sparri
- Old Swedish: sparre
  - Swedish: sparre

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