Where does “שפּערל” come from?

שפּערל (Yiddish) comes from Middle High German sperlinc, from Old High German speriling, from Old High German sparo, from Proto-West Germanic sparwō, from Proto-Germanic sparwô, from Proto-Indo-European spḗr — sparrow.

שפּערל (Yiddish): sparrow

Definitions

  1. sparrow

Ancestry of “שפּערל”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germansperlinc—
2Old High Germansperiling—
3Old High Germansparosparrow
4Proto-West Germanicsparwōsparrow
5Proto-Germanicsparwôsparrow
6Proto-Indo-Europeanspḗrsparrow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European spḗr →Every word from Proto-Germanic sparwô →Every word from Proto-West Germanic sparwō →
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