"speru" meaning in Proto-Germanic

See speru in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈspe.ru/
Etymology: From Pre-Germanic *sperHu-, from Proto-Indo-European *sperH-. Cognate with Latin sparus (“hunting spear”). Etymology templates: {{der|gem-pro|ine-pro|*sperH-}} Proto-Indo-European *sperH-, {{cog|la|sparus||hunting spear}} Latin sparus (“hunting spear”) Inflection templates: {{gem-decl-noun}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], speru [nominative, singular], sperū [nominative, plural], speru [singular, vocative], sperū [plural, vocative], speru [accusative, singular], sperū [accusative, plural], sperauz [genitive, singular], spiriwǫ̂ [genitive, plural], spiriwi [dative, singular], sperumaz [dative, plural], sperū [instrumental, singular], sperumiz [instrumental, plural]
  1. spear Tags: neuter, reconstruction Synonyms: *angô, *darōþuz, *frankô, *gaizaz, *speutaz, sperru, sparu
    Sense id: en-speru-gem-pro-noun-jyzJNrGW Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header
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      "text": "Dutch: speer"
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      "text": "Afrikaans: speer"
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      "form": "sperauz",
      "source": "inflection",
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      "source": "inflection",
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    },
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      "form": "spiriwi",
      "source": "inflection",
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      "source": "inflection",
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      "form": "sperū",
      "source": "inflection",
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  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/speru",
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          "word": "*angô"
        },
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        },
        {
          "word": "*frankô"
        },
        {
          "word": "*gaizaz"
        },
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          "word": "*speutaz"
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈspe.ru/"
    }
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    {
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spiriwǫ̂",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
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    {
      "form": "spiriwi",
      "source": "inflection",
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      "form": "sperumaz",
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    {
      "form": "sperū",
      "source": "inflection",
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        {
          "word": "*angô"
        },
        {
          "word": "*darōþuz"
        },
        {
          "word": "*frankô"
        },
        {
          "word": "*gaizaz"
        },
        {
          "word": "*speutaz"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈspe.ru/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "sperru"
    },
    {
      "word": "sparu"
    }
  ],
  "word": "speru"
}

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