spara

Swedish

/spɑːra/

verb-irr

Definitions

to save, to store for future use
(computing) to save; write to a disc
to save; prevent the waste of

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish spara inherited from Old Norse spara inherited 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
låga Swedish
sparlåga Swedish
sparsam Swedish
spara Old Norse
spara Icelandic
sparēn Old High German
spara Faroese
spara Old Swedish
*sparanjan Frankish