Where does “Spatz” come from?

Spatz (Alemannic German) comes from Middle High German spaz, from Middle English sparwe, from Old High German sparo, from Proto-West Germanic sparwō, from Proto-Germanic sparwô, from Proto-Indo-European spḗr — sparrow.

Spatz (Alemannic German): sparrow

Definitions

  1. sparrow

Ancestry of “Spatz”, step by step

Spatz traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle High German spaz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanspaz—
2Middle EnglishsparweThe sparrow or its meat
3Old High Germansparosparrow
4Proto-West Germanicsparwōsparrow
5Proto-Germanicsparwôsparrow
6Proto-Indo-Europeanspḗrsparrow

via Middle High German spatze

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanspatze—
2Middle High Germanspare—

Words derived from “Spatz”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European spḗr →Every word from Proto-Germanic sparwô →Every word from Proto-West Germanic sparwō →