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spare and sparen have the same root and related meanings. And -sam suffix is related to -some, like in handsome.
by vymague 9y ago
spare and sparen have the same root and related meanings. And -sam suffix is related to -some, like in handsome.
- bigfoot 9y agoExactly: "spare" is the imperative ("save!"), "sparen" the base form ("to save").
- vymague 9y agoI meant "spare" in English. English "spare" and german "sparen" have same roots and related meaning. To spare versus to save. Just wanted to point out the translation attempt of data-spare-some-ness is not unreasonable.