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Where does “sparwaz” come from?

sparwaz (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European spḗr — sparrow.

sparwaz (Proto-Germanic): sparrow

Definitions

  1. sparrow

Ancestry of “sparwaz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanspḗrsparrow

Words derived from “sparwaz”

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