Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/spurōną

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈspu.rɔː.nɑ̃/

Etymology 1

From *spurą (“track, trace”) +‎ *-ōną.

Verb

*spurōną[1]

to track, to trace

Inflection

Conjugation of *spurōną (weak class 2)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*spurō	*spurǭ	—	*spurōi	*?
2nd singular	*spurōsi	*spurōs	*spurō	*spurōsai	*spurōsau
3rd singular	*spurōþi	*spurō	*spurōþau	*spurōþai	*spurōþau
1st dual	*spurōs	*spurōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*spurōþiz	*spurōþiz	*spurōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*spurōmaz	*spurōm	—	*spurōnþai	*spurōnþau
2nd plural	*spurōþ	*spurōþ	*spurōþ	*spurōnþai	*spurōnþau
3rd plural	*spurōnþi	*spurōn	*spurōnþau	*spurōnþai	*spurōnþau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*spurōdǭ	*spurōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*spurōdēz	*spurōdēdīz
3rd singular	*spurōdē	*spurōdēdī
1st dual	*spurōdēdū	*spurōdēdīw
2nd dual	*spurōdēdudiz	*spurōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*spurōdēdum	*spurōdēdīm
2nd plural	*spurōdēdud	*spurōdēdīd
3rd plural	*spurōdēdun	*spurōdēdīn

	present	past
participles	*spurōndz	*spurōdaz

Related terms

*spurjaną

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *sporōn
- Old Frisian: *sporia
  - West Frisian: spoarje, spoare
- Old Saxon: *sporōn
  - Middle Low German: spōren
- Old Dutch: *sporon
  - Middle Dutch: spōren
    - Dutch: sporen
Old Norse: spora
- Norwegian:
  Norwegian Bokmål: spore
  Norwegian Nynorsk: spore, spora
- Swedish: spåra
- Danish: spore

Etymology 2

From *spurô (“spur”) +‎ *-ōną.