Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/spurjaną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *spurą (“track”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈspur.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*spurjaną

to feel, touch
to study; to search; to examine
to ask

Descendants

Old English: spyrian, spirian
- Middle English: spuren, spiren, speren
  - English: speer, speir, spere
  - Scots: speir
Old Frisian: spera
Old Dutch: *spurien, *spuren
- Middle Dutch: spueren, spōren
  - Dutch: speuren
Old High German: spurian, spurien, spurren
- Middle High German: spüren, spürn
  - German: spüren
  - Luxembourgish: spieren
  - ⇒ Alemannic German: gespüre
Old Norse: spyrja
- Icelandic: spyrja
- Faroese: spyrja
- Norwegian: spørre, spørja
- Old Danish: spyriæ, spørghe, spøriæ
  - Danish: spørge
- Old Swedish: spyria
  - Swedish: spörja
- Westrobothnian: spöri