Where does “spurvur” come from?

spurvur (Faroese) comes from Old Norse spǫrr, from Proto-Germanic sparwaz, from Proto-Indo-European spḗr — sparrow.

spurvur (Faroese): sparrow

Definitions

  1. sparrow

Ancestry of “spurvur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsespǫrrsparrow
2Proto-Germanicsparwazsparrow
3Proto-Indo-Europeanspḗrsparrow

Words derived from “spurvur”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European spḗr →Every word from Proto-Germanic sparwaz →Every word from Old Norse spǫrr →