Where does “lappsparv” come from?
lappsparv (Swedish) comes from Swedish läpp, from Old Swedish lapper, from Finnish lappalainen, from Finnish -läinen, from Finnish laji, from Old Swedish slagh, from Middle Low German slach, from Old Saxon slag — to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...
lappsparv (Swedish): Lapland longspur, (Calcarius lapponicus)
Definitions
- Lapland longspur, (Calcarius lapponicus)
Ancestry of “lappsparv”, step by step
lappsparv traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish läpp
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | läpp | lip |
| 2 | Old Swedish | lapper | — |
| 3 | Finnish | lappalainen | A Sami |
| 4 | Finnish | -läinen | Front vowel variant of -lainen |
| 5 | Finnish | laji | kind, sort; species; sport |
| 6 | Old Swedish | slagh | — |
| 7 | Middle Low German | slach | — |
| 8 | Old Saxon | slag | — |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | slagi | blow, strike |
| 10 | Swedish | slagg | slag metallurgical waste material |
| 11 | Low German | slagge | — |
| 12 | Middle Low German | slagge | — |
| 13 | Middle Low German | slān | to hit, strike |
| 14 | Old Saxon | slāhan | to hit |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | slahan | to hit, to strike; to kill |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | slahaną | to hit, to strike; to kill |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | slak- | to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,... |
via Swedish sparv
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | sparv | a sparrow; most commonly the house sparrow (gråsparv, Passer domesticus), but including various species of small birds in the families sparrows (sparvfinkar, Passeridae) and buntings (fältsparvar, Emberizidae), all in the order Passeriformes (tättingar) |
| 2 | Old Swedish | sparver | — |
| 3 | Middle English | sperver | sparrowhawk |
| 4 | Old French | esprevier | sparrowhawk |
| 5 | Old Dutch | *sparwari | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | sparwaraz | sparrow-hawk |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | arô | eagle |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | er- | eagle, bird; loose, light, rare, sparse; to fail,... |