Where does “sparrowe” come from?

sparrowe (Yola) comes from Middle English sparwe, from Old High German sparo, from Proto-West Germanic sparwō, from Proto-Germanic sparwô, from Proto-Indo-European spḗr — sparrow.

sparrowe (Yola): sparrow

Definitions

  1. sparrow

Ancestry of “sparrowe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishsparweThe sparrow or its meat
2Old High Germansparosparrow
3Proto-West Germanicsparwōsparrow
4Proto-Germanicsparwôsparrow
5Proto-Indo-Europeanspḗrsparrow

Words derived from “sparrowe”

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