Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sparaz

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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 *sph̥₁-ro-s, from *speh₁- (to succeed, prosper). Particularly close cognate with Sanskrit स्फिर (sphirá, fat), Latin prosperus (favorable, lucky).[1]

Adjective

*sparaz[1]

  1. sparing, frugal

Inflection


Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *spar
    • Old English: spær
    • Old Dutch: *spar
    • Old High German: spar (sparse)
  • Old Norse: sparr

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*spara-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 465