sparwe
Middle English
/ˈspar(ə)wə/
noun
Definitions
- The sparrow or its meat.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English spearwa (sparrow) inherited from Proto-Germanic *sparwô (sparrow).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*sparwô
Gloss
sparrow
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
雀
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- sparrow English
- sparrowgrass English
- sparrowhawk English
- sparrowless English
- sparrowlike English
- sparrowling English
- sparrowwort English
- *spḗr Proto-Indo-European
- *sparwô Proto-Germanic
- spearlira Old English
- spearwa Old English
- sparo Old High German
- sparroo Manx
- 𐍃𐍀𐌰𐍂𐍅𐌰 Gothic
- *sparwō gmw-pro
- esparvier Occitan
- esparvèr Occitan
- *sparwō Frankish
- esparvier prv