Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fōtspurą

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From *fōts (“foot”) +‎ *spurą (“track”).

Noun

*fōtspurą n

trail of footprints, visible footsteps
footprint

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *fōtspurą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*fōtspurą	*fōtspurō
vocative	*fōtspurą	*fōtspurō
accusative	*fōtspurą	*fōtspurō
genitive	fōtspuras, fōtspuris	*fōtspurǫ̂
dative	*fōtspurai	*fōtspuramaz
instrumental	*fōtspurō	*fōtspuramiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *fōtspor
- Old English: fōtspor
- Old Frisian: *fōtspor
  - Saterland Frisian: Foutspúre, Foutspúur
- Old Saxon: *fōtspor
  - Middle Low German: vôtspōr, vôtspore, vôtspār
    - German Low German: Footspoor
- Old Dutch: *fōtspor, *fuotspor
  - Middle Dutch: voetspore, voetspoor
    - Dutch: voetspoor
- Old High German: fuozspor
  - Middle High German: vuozspor
    - German: Fußspur
Old Norse: fótspor
- Icelandic: fótspor
- Faroese: fótaspor
- Norwegian Bokmål: fotspor
- Norwegian Nynorsk: fotspor
- Swedish: fotspår
- Danish: fodspor

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