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
Ancestry of “Spätzle”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Alemannic German | Spätzle | — |
| 2 | Alemannic German | Spatz | sparrow |
| 3 | Middle High German | spaz | — |
| 4 | Middle English | sparwe | The sparrow or its meat |
| 5 | Old High German | sparo | sparrow |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | sparwō | sparrow |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | sparwô | sparrow |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | spḗr | sparrow |
Words derived from “Spätzle”