esprevier

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French esprevier.

Noun

esprevier m (plural espreviers)

  1. sparrowhawk

Descendants

  • French: épervier

References

Old French

Etymology

From Old Dutch *sparwari (“sparrowhawk”), from Frankish *sparwarī (“sparrowhawk”).

Noun

esprevier oblique singular, m (oblique plural espreviers, nominative singular espreviers, nominative plural esprevier)

  1. sparrowhawk

Descendants

References

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.