Etymology

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Middle English spuren ← Old English spyrian ← Proto-Germanic *spurjaną
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  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*spurjaną
  2. Old English · inherited fromspyrian
  3. Middle English · inherited fromspuren
  4. English todayspeer

From Middle English spuren, from Old English spyrian, from Proto-Germanic *spurjaną. Cognate with German spüren, Danish spørge, Norwegian Bokmål spørre, Swedish spörja.

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