Etymology
1. fsv. spyria; jfr fd. spyriæ, spørghe, spøriæ (d. spørge), fvn. o. nor. dial. spyrja, fsax. spuringa, efterforskning, uppsökande, mlt. spören, följa spår, utforska, mnl. sporen, följa spår, undersöka (nl. speuren), fht. spurian, spurren, undersöka (t. spüren), feng. spyrian, spåra; till SPÅR, sbst.
3 — Jfr ERSPÖRJA, SPORDAG, SPORNAD, SPÖRJSEL References:
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2. From Old Swedish spyria, from Old Norse spyrja, from Proto-Germanic *spurjaną. Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål spørre, Norwegian Nynorsk spørje, spørja, Danish spørge, Icelandic spyrja, Faroese spyrja, Dutch speuren, German spüren, Luxembourgish spieren, English speer, speir, spere and Scots speir. See: Old Swedish '
spyria', Old Norse '
spyrja', Proto-Germanic '
*spurjaną', Norwegian '
spørre', Norwegian, nynorsk '
spørje, spørja', Danish '
spørge', Icelandic '
spyrja', Faroese '
spyrja', Dutch '
speuren', German, old spelling '
spüren', Luxembourgish '
spieren', Scots '
speir'.
Verbs referencing "spörja"
German, old spelling
spüren, Scots
speir, English
speer.