Proto-Germanic: *sparēn, *sparrēn, *sparriōn
Meaning: stake, beam
Old Norse: spari m., sparri m. `Sparren, Balken, Pflock'; sperra f. `Dachsparren'
Norwegian: sparre; sperra
Swedish: sparre; dial. spärra
Danish: sparre
Middle English: sparre `rondhout, spar. spier'
English: spar
Old Frisian: OWFris speeren `balk'
Old Saxon: sparro m.
Middle Dutch: sparre
Dutch: spar m. `balk'
Middle Low German: sparre
Old High German: sparro m. `Balken, Stange' (um 1000)
Middle High German: sparre wk. m. 'stange, balken; querbalken in einem wappen'
German: Sparren m.
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