Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sparwarī

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 *sparwarjaz, a diminutive of *sparwarô, a compound equivalent to *sparwō (“sparrow”) +‎ *arō (“eagle”).

Noun

*sparwarī m

1. sparrowhawk

Inflection

Masculine ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*sparwarī
Genitive	*sparwarijas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*sparwarī	*sparwarijō, *sparwarijōs
Accusative	*sparwarī	*sparwarijā
Genitive	*sparwarijas	*sparwarijō
Dative	*sparwarijē	*sparwarijum
Instrumental	*sparwariju	*sparwarijum

Related terms

• *sparwahabuk
• *sparwō

Descendants

• Old Frisian: *sparwere, *sperwere
  • West Frisian: sparwer (possibly borrowed from Low German or Dutch)
• Old Saxon: sparwari
  • Middle Low German: sparwere, sperwere, sparwer, sperwer
    • German Low German: Sparwer, Sparber, Sperber
• Old Dutch: *sparwari
  • Middle Dutch: sperware, sperwer
    • Dutch: sperwer
      • Afrikaans: sperwer
      • >? Afrikaans: sperwel
• Old High German: sparwāri (second element confused with and remodelled after -āri)
  • Middle High German: sparwære, sperwære, sperbære, sperwer, sparwer, sperber
    • German: Sperber
  • → Italian: sparaviere, sparviere, sparviero
• → Late Latin: sparvarius
  • Old French: esprever, espervier, esprevier, esparrier
    • Middle French: esprevier, épervier
      • French: épervier
    • → Middle English: spervere, sperver
      • English: sparver
    • ⇒ Old French: esprevetëor, espreveteur
      • → Middle English: sperviter, sparviter, sparfutere