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Where does “spǫrr” come from?

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

spǫrr (Old Norse): sparrow

Definitions

  1. sparrow

Ancestry of “spǫrr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicsparwazsparrow
2Proto-Indo-Europeanspḗrsparrow

Words derived from “spǫrr”

  • sparv
  • järnsparv
  • spurv
  • sporv
  • spurv
  • gráspurvur
  • spurvur
  • spȧrr
  • tjyfspȧrr
  • sparver
Every word from Proto-Indo-European spḗr →