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Where does “*sparwari” come from?

*sparwari (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic sparwaraz, from Proto-Germanic arô, from Proto-Indo-European er- — eagle, bird; loose, light, rare, sparse; to fail,...

Ancestry of “*sparwari”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicsparwarazsparrow-hawk
2Proto-Germanicarôeagle
3Proto-Indo-Europeaner-eagle, bird; loose, light, rare, sparse; to fail,...
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