Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sparwaz

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

• *sparwô

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *spḗr (“sparrow, bird”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɑr.wɑz/

Noun

*sparwaz m

1. sparrow

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *sparwaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*sparwaz	*sparwōz, *sparwōs
vocative	*sparw	*sparwōz, *sparwōs
accusative	*sparwą	*sparwanz
genitive	*sparwas, *sparwis	*sparwǫ̂
dative	*sparwai	*sparwamaz
instrumental	*sparwō	*sparwamiz

Derived 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

• Old Norse: spǫrr
  • Icelandic: spör
  • Faroese: spurvur
  • Norwegian:
    • Norwegian Bokmål: spurv
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: sporv
  • Old Swedish: sparver, spørver
    • Swedish: sparv
      • → Elfdalian: sparv
  • Old Danish: sparw, sporw, spøruæ
    • Danish: spurv, spurre, sparre
  • Gutnish: sparr, spur
  • Scanian: spørr