Where does “Spätzle” come from?

Spätzle (German) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European spḗr — sparrow.

Spätzle (German): spaetzle

Definitions

  1. spaetzle

Ancestry of “Spätzle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Alemannic GermanSpätzle—
2Alemannic GermanSpatzsparrow
3Middle High Germanspaz—
4Middle EnglishsparweThe sparrow or its meat
5Old High Germansparosparrow
6Proto-West Germanicsparwōsparrow
7Proto-Germanicsparwôsparrow
8Proto-Indo-Europeanspḗrsparrow

Words derived from “Spätzle”

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