Where does “spatz” come from?

spatz (Luxembourgish) comes from 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.

spatz (Luxembourgish): pointed; sharp, acute; spiky

Definitions

  1. pointed; sharp, acute; spiky

Ancestry of “spatz”, step by step

spatz traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Spatz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSpatzsparrow; house sparrow; an affectionate nickname,...
2Middle High Germanspaz—
3Middle EnglishsparweThe sparrow or its meat
4Old High Germansparosparrow
5Proto-West Germanicsparwōsparrow
6Proto-Germanicsparwôsparrow
7Proto-Indo-Europeanspḗrsparrow

via Middle High German spiȥ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanspiȥ—
2Old High Germanspizzi—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European spḗr →Every word from Proto-Germanic sparwô →Every word from Proto-West Germanic sparwō →