spörja
Swedish
verb-irr
Definitions
- (dated) to ask, to learn, to get news (after having asked around)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish spyria inherited from Old Norse spyrja (ask) inherited from Proto-Germanic *spurjaną.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*spurjaną
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Gespür German
- aufspüren German
- nachspüren German
- spüren German
- verspüren German
- bespeuren Dutch, Flemish
- speurder Dutch, Flemish
- speuren Dutch, Flemish
- speurtocht Dutch, Flemish
- forespørre Norwegian Bokmål
- rådspørre Norwegian Bokmål
- spørre Norwegian Bokmål
- spørrepronomen Norwegian Bokmål
- spørreskjema Norwegian Bokmål
- *spurjaną Proto-Germanic
- spørja Norwegian Nynorsk
- spørje Norwegian Nynorsk
- spørjeteikn Norwegian Nynorsk
- spyrian Old English
- spyrja Old Norse
- rådspørge Danish
- spørge Danish
- spørgeundersøgelse Danish
- spørgsel Danish
- spørgsmål Danish
- spyrja Icelandic
- spueren Middle Dutch
- spurien Old High German
- spyrja Faroese
- spüren Middle High German
- spieren Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *spurien Old Dutch
- spyria Old Swedish
- spöri Westrobothnian
- speir Scots
- spøra Scanian