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

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

Related terms

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
- Middle Dutch: sperware, sperwer
  - Dutch: sperwer
    - Afrikaans: sperwer
    - >? Afrikaans: sperwel
Old High German: sparwāri (second element confused with and remodelled after -āri)
- Middle High German: sparwære, sperwære, sperbære, sperwer, sparwer, sperber
  - German: Sperber
- → Italian: sparaviere, sparviere, sparviero
→ Late Latin: sparvarius
- Old French: esprever, espervier, esprevier, esparrier
  - Middle French: esprevier, épervier
    - French: épervier
  - → Middle English: spervere, sperver
    - English: sparver
  - ⇒ Old French: esprevetëor, espreveteur
    - → Middle English: sperviter, sparviter, sparfutere