Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sparrō

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

Proto-Germanic *sparrô.

Noun

*sparrō m

beam, bar
spar, rafter

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*sparrō
Genitive	sparrini, sparran
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*sparrō	*sparran
Accusative	*sparran	*sparran
Genitive	sparrini, sparran	*sparranō
Dative	sparrini, sparran	*sparrum
Instrumental	sparrini, sparran	*sparrum

Descendants

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
    - Afrikaans: 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