Where does “Spréif” come from?

Spréif (Luxembourgish) comes from Proto-Germanic sparwaz, from Proto-Indo-European spḗr — sparrow.

Spréif (Luxembourgish): starling

Definitions

  1. starling

Ancestry of “Spréif”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicsparwazsparrow
2Proto-Indo-Europeanspḗrsparrow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European spḗr →Every word from Proto-Germanic sparwaz →