An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Sparren

by Friedrich Kluge

Sparren, masculine, ‘spar, raster,’ from MidHigh German sparre, Old High German sparro, masculine, ‘pole, beam’; corresponding to Dutch and English spar, Old Icelandic sparre, ‘beam.’ There are no cognate terms in the non-Teutonic languages. See sperren.