Where does “špaček” come from?

špaček (Czech) comes from German Spatz, 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.

špaček (Czech): starling

Definitions

  1. starling

Ancestry of “špaček”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSpatzsparrow; house sparrow; an affectionate nickname,...
2Middle High Germanspaz—
3Middle EnglishsparweThe sparrow or its meat
4Old High Germansparosparrow
5Proto-West Germanicsparwōsparrow
6Proto-Germanicsparwôsparrow
7Proto-Indo-Europeanspḗrsparrow

Words derived from “špaček”

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