Where does “sparrow” come from?

Sparrow comes from Middle English sparwe, from Old English spearwa, from Proto-Germanic sparwô, from Proto-Indo-European spḗr.

sparrow (English): The house sparrow, "Passer domesticus"; a small...

Definitions

  1. The house sparrow, "Passer domesticus"; a small...

Ancestry of “sparrow”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishSparow—

Words derived from “sparrow”

Every word from Middle English Sparow →