Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sparwô

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

Alternative forms

• *sparwaz

Etymology

See *sparwaz

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɑr.wɔːː/

Noun

*sparwô m

1. sparrow

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *sparwô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*sparwô	*sparwaniz
vocative	*sparwô	*sparwaniz
accusative	*sparwanų	*sparwanunz
genitive	*sparwiniz	*sparwanǫ̂
dative	*sparwini	*sparwammaz
instrumental	*sparwinē	*sparwammiz

Related terms

• *sparwahabukaz
  • Proto-West Germanic: *sparwahabuk
    • Old English: spearhafoc, spearhabuc
      • Middle English: sparhauk, sparehauk, sparrehawk, sparhauke, sparhawke, sperehauke, spere-hawke, sperhauk, sperhauke, sperhawke
        • English: sparhawk; sparrowhawk
        • Scots: sparhalk, sparhauke, sperhawke, sperhalk
        • → Scottish Gaelic: speireag
  • Old Norse: sparhaukr
• *sparwarô
  • Proto-Germanic: *sparwarjaz
    • Proto-West Germanic: *sparwarī

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *sparwō
  • Old English: spearwa
    • Middle English: sparwe, sparuwe, sparowe, sparewe, speruwe, sparu, sparow
      • Scots: sparrowe, sparow
      • English: sparrow
        • → Manx: sparroo
  • Old Saxon: *sparo; *sperling
    • Middle Low German: sperlink
  • Old High German: sparo
    • Middle High German: sparwe, spare, spar
      • Alemannic German: Spar
      • ⇒ Middle High German: spaz, spatze (diminutive)
        • Alemannic German: Spatz, Schpatz
        • Bavarian: Spåtz
        • German: Spatz
          • → Luxembourgish: Spatz
    • ⇒ Old High German: sperilig
      • Middle High German: sperlinc
        • German: Sperling
        • Yiddish: שפּערל (shperl)
• Gothic: 𐍃𐍀𐌰𐍂𐍅𐌰 (sparwa)