Where does “spaetzle” come from?

spaetzle (English) comes from German Spätzle, from Alemannic German Spätzle, from Alemannic 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 — sparrow.

spaetzle (English): A heavy egg noodle or dumpling used in the...

Definitions

  1. A heavy egg noodle or dumpling used in the...

Ancestry of “spaetzle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSpätzlespaetzle
2Alemannic GermanSpätzle—
3Alemannic GermanSpatzsparrow
4Middle High Germanspaz—
5Middle EnglishsparweThe sparrow or its meat
6Old High Germansparosparrow
7Proto-West Germanicsparwōsparrow
8Proto-Germanicsparwôsparrow
9Proto-Indo-Europeanspḗrsparrow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European spḗr →Every word from Proto-Germanic sparwô →Every word from Proto-West Germanic sparwō →
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