Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sparwarī

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sparwarjaz, a diminutive of *sparwarô, a compound equivalent to *sparwō (“sparrow”) +‎ *arō (“eagle”).

Noun

*sparwarī m

  1. sparrowhawk

Inflection

Masculine ja-stem
Singular
Nominative *sparwarī
Genitive *sparwarijas
Singular Plural
Nominative *sparwarī *sparwarijō, *sparwarijōs
Accusative *sparwarī *sparwarijā
Genitive *sparwarijas *sparwarijō
Dative *sparwarijē *sparwarijum
Instrumental *sparwariju *sparwarijum

Descendants

  • Old Frisian: *sparwere, *sperwere
    • West Frisian: sparwer (possibly borrowed from Low German or Dutch)
  • Old Saxon: sparwari
    • Middle Low German: sparwere, sperwere, sparwer, sperwer
      • German Low German: Sparwer, Sparber, Sperber
  • Old Dutch: *sparwari
  • Old High German: sparwāri (second element confused with and remodelled after -āri)
  • → Late Latin: sparvarius
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