Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sparwō

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sparwô.

Noun

*sparwō m

1. sparrow

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*sparwō
Genitive	*sparwini, *sparwan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*sparwō	*sparwan
Accusative	*sparwan	*sparwan
Genitive	*sparwini, *sparwan	*sparwanō
Dative	*sparwini, *sparwan	*sparwum
Instrumental	*sparwini, *sparwan	*sparwum

Related terms

• *sparwarī

Descendants

• 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)