Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “spḗr”

48 words across 25 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European spḗr — including sparrow, spaetzle, sparrowlike, sparrowgrass, sparrowless, spurv, sparv, ψάρ.

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English (8)

Middle High German (4)

German (3)

Alemannic German (3)

Proto-Germanic (3)

Swedish (2)

Ancient Greek (2)

Old High German (2)

Italian (2)

Faroese (2)

Westrobothnian (2)

Middle English (2)

Danish (1)

Czech (1)

Latin (1)

Polish (1)

Manx (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Classical Syriac (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Old English (1)

Old Norse (1)

Norwegian Nynorsk (1)

Norwegian Bokmål (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)

Words from Proto-Indo-European spḗr — 48 descendants | Etymology Explorer