Where does “spearwa” come from?

spearwa (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic sparwō, from Proto-Germanic sparwô, from Proto-Indo-European spḗr — sparrow.

spearwa (Old English): sparrow; the calf of the leg

Definitions

  1. sparrow; the calf of the leg

Ancestry of “spearwa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicsparwōsparrow
2Proto-Germanicsparwôsparrow
3Proto-Indo-Europeanspḗrsparrow

Words derived from “spearwa”

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