spǫrr
Old Norse
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *sparwaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *spḗr.
Noun
editspǫrr m (genitive spǫrs or sparrar, dative spǫrvi, plural spǫrvar)
Inflection
edit Declension of spǫrr (strong wa-stem)
Descendants
edit- Faroese: spurvur m
- Icelandic: spörr m
- Norwegian Nynorsk: sporv m
- Old Danish: sparw, sporw, spørwe
- Old Swedish: sparver m, spørver m, sparff m
- Swedish: sparv c
- → Middle English: *spar
- English: sparr