Where does “spar” come from?

spar (Middle English) comes from Old Norse spǫrr, from Proto-Germanic sparwaz, from Proto-Indo-European spḗr — sparrow.

Ancestry of “spar”, step by step

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

Words derived from “spar”

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