spara

Icelandic

verb

Definitions

to spare
to save (money)

Etymology

Derived from Old Norse spara derived from Proto-Germanic *sparāną.

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*sparāną

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

*sper- Proto-Indo-European
spare Norwegian Bokmål
*sparāną Proto-Germanic
spara Old Norse
sparēn Old High German
spara Faroese
spara Old Swedish
*sparanjan Frankish