Etymology

Spiering

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Today it means: A surname. Full definition →

Middle Low German spiring
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  1. Middle Low German · derived fromspiring
  2. English todaySpiering

As an English surname, spelling variant of Speyer, Spier; also related to the noun sparling (“kind of smelt”), through Middle Low German spiring.

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