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Indo-European etymology :
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Proto-IE: *spara- / -e-
Meaning: to tear
Armenian: pherth оторванный кусок
Old Greek: sparássō (att. -ttō), aor. -áksai̯, pf. md. espáragmai̯ `reissen, zerren, zerreissen, angreifen'
Russ. meaning: рвать, обрывать
piet-meaning,piet-arm,piet-greek,piet-balt,piet-germ,piet-rusmean,
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Baltic etymology :
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Proto-Baltic: *spur̂- (2) vb. intr.
Meaning: fray
Lithuanian: spùrti (spū̃ra/spùrsta, spùrō) 'fransig werden, ausfransen, fasern, verschleissen, zerlumpt w. (von Menschen)', caus. spùrinti
Lettish: spur̂t2 (spurstu, spū̆ru) 'ausfasern'
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Germanic etymology :
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Proto-Germanic: *spirrō
Meaning: rag
Old Norse: { spjɔrr f. лоскут }
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Pokorny's dictionary :
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Number: 1842
Root: (s)p(h)er-4, (s)p(h)erǝg-
English meaning: to tear; rag, snippet
German meaning: `reißen; Fetzen'
Material: Arm. p`ert` `abgerissenes Stück' (*sperk-to-); aisl. spiǫrr f. `Fetzen, abgerissener Streifen Tuch' (urgerm. *sperrō); gr. σπαράσσω, att. -άττω `zerreiße, zerre' (wohl analogisch für -άζω), σπάραγμα `abgerissenes Stück', σπαραγμός `das Zerren, Reißen; Krampf';
nas. vielleicht abg. prǫžiti, prǫžati `lacerare'.
References: WP. II 668.
Pages: 992
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