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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanspaz—
2Middle EnglishsparweThe sparrow or its meat
3Old High Germansparosparrow
4Proto-West Germanicsparwōsparrow
5Proto-Germanicsparwôsparrow
6Proto-Indo-Europeanspḗrsparrow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European spḗr →Every word from Proto-Germanic sparwô →Every word from Proto-West Germanic sparwō →