Where does “sperlinc” come from?

sperlinc (Middle High German) comes from Old High German speriling, from Old High German sparo, from Proto-West Germanic sparwō, from Proto-Germanic sparwô, from Proto-Indo-European spḗr — sparrow.

Ancestry of “sperlinc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germansperiling—
2Old High Germansparosparrow
3Proto-West Germanicsparwōsparrow
4Proto-Germanicsparwôsparrow
5Proto-Indo-Europeanspḗrsparrow

Words derived from “sperlinc”

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