Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sparwô

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

*sparwaz

Etymology

See *sparwaz

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈspɑr.wɔːː/

Noun

*sparwô m

sparrow

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *sparwô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*sparwô	*sparwaniz
vocative	*sparwô	*sparwaniz
accusative	*sparwanų	*sparwanunz
genitive	*sparwiniz	*sparwanǫ̂
dative	*sparwini	*sparwammaz
instrumental	*sparwinē	*sparwammiz

Related terms

*sparwaraz/*sparwārijaz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *sparwō
- 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
      - German: Spatz
        → Luxembourgish: Spatz
  - ⇒ Old High German: sperilig
    - Middle High German: sperlinc
      - German: Sperling
      - Yiddish: שפּערל‎ (shperl)
Gothic: 𐍃𐍀𐌰𐍂𐍅𐌰 (sparwa)

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