köken: Inherited from Old French argot, considered from a substrate root *arg- related to thorns and pointy things widespread in Western Romance, for related forms see Galician argana (“awn”), Spanish aulaga (“gorse”).
spur (implement that is fixed to one’s heel for prodding horses) · spur (naturally growing spike of an animal) · stimulus, incentive
çekim: çoğul esporas
köken: Via Old Galician-Portuguese espora from Gothic *𐍃𐍀𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰 (*spaura), from Proto-Germanic *spurô (“spur”); compare Old High German sporo, Old Norse spori. Not to be confused with esporo (“spore”).
spur (implement for prodding a horse) · spur (appendage near the foot) · spur (short thin side shoot from a branch)
çekim: çoğul kannukset · tamlayan kannuksen
köken: From Proto-Finnic *kandus, equivalent to kanta (“heel”) + -us. * (Sami drum): A phono-semantic matching/semantic loan from a Sami term; compare Northern Sami goavddis, derived from goavdi (cognate with kansi (“lid, cap, top”)).
spore (reproductive particle) · spore (resistant particle produced by bacterium or protist) · spur (a rigid implement, often roughly y-shaped, that is fixed to one's heel for purpose of prodding a horse)
çekim: çoğul sporer · tamlayan spores
köken: * (spore):, from Ancient Greek σπορά (sporá, “seed, a sowing”). * (spur):, from Old Norse spori, from Proto-Germanic *spurô.
spur (implement that is fixed to one’s heel for prodding horses) · spur (naturally growing spike of an animal) · prod
çekim: çoğul esporas
eş: esporón
köken: Attested in local Latin documents at least since the 11th century. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *spurô (“spur”), from Proto-Indo-European *sperH- (“to kick”). Cognate of Portuguese espora, Spanish espuela, English spur, German Sporn, Old Norse spori.
köken: Derived from Italian sperone, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *spurô. Compare French éperon, Russian шпо́ра (špóra), English spur, German Sporn, Yiddish ספּור (spur).