Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sparwahabukaz

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

Etymology

From *sparwaz +‎ *habukaz.

Noun

*sparwahabukaz m

1. sparrowhawk

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *sparwahabukaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*sparwahabukaz	*sparwahabukōz, *sparwahabukōs
vocative	*sparwahabuk	*sparwahabukōz, *sparwahabukōs
accusative	*sparwahabuką	*sparwahabukanz
genitive	*sparwahabukas, *sparwahabukis	*sparwahabukǫ̂
dative	*sparwahabukai	*sparwahabukamaz
instrumental	*sparwahabukō	*sparwahabukamiz

Descendants

• 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: sparrhaukr, sparhaukr
  • Icelandic: sparhaukur, spörhaukur
  • Norwegian: spurvehauk
  • Swedish: sparvhök
  • Danish: spurvehøg