Where does “spurv” come from?

spurv (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse spǫrr, from Proto-Germanic sparwaz, from Proto-Indo-European spḗr — sparrow.

spurv (Norwegian Bokmål): a sparrow

Definitions

  1. a sparrow

Ancestry of “spurv”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsespǫrrsparrow
2Proto-Germanicsparwazsparrow
3Proto-Indo-Europeanspḗrsparrow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European spḗr →Every word from Proto-Germanic sparwaz →Every word from Old Norse spǫrr →