Proto-Indo-European

*sperH-

‘to kick, rebound, move convulsively’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *sperH-.

14 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *sperH-, most familiar first.

• sphere ← spere ← sphēra ← sphaera ← σφαῖρα
• spear ← spere ← spere ← *speru ← *speru
• hemisphere ← hemisphaerium ← ἡμισφαίριον ← σφαῖρα
• spur ← spure ← spora ← *spurō ← *spurô
• spurrier ← sporiere ← spore ← spora ← *spurō
• spurn ← spurnen ← spurnan ← *spurnan ← *spurnaną
• spoor ← spor ← *spor ← *spurą
• pernil ← perna ← *persnā ← *tpḗrsneh₂
• pernio ← perna ← *persnā ← *tpḗrsneh₂
• perniones ← perniō ← perna ← *persnā ← *tpḗrsneh₂
• spherule ← sphērula ← sphaera ← σφαῖρᾰ
• spheral ← sphaerālis ← sphaera ← σφαῖρᾰ

More words from *sperH-

• sphyraenoid
• sphaerospore

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sperH-