Where does “spåri” come from?

spåri (North Frisian) comes from Proto-West Germanic sparwō, from Proto-Germanic sparwô, from Proto-Indo-European spḗr — sparrow.

spåri (North Frisian): sparrow

Definitions

  1. sparrow

Ancestry of “spåri”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicsparwōsparrow
2Proto-Germanicsparwôsparrow
3Proto-Indo-Europeanspḗrsparrow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European spḗr →Every word from Proto-Germanic sparwô →Every word from Proto-West Germanic sparwō →