*sparwaz

Runic: ᛊᛈᚨᚱᚹᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈspɑr.wɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

sparrow

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *spḗr (‘sparrow, bird’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.sparwazsparwōz, sparwōs
Acc.sparwąsparwanz
Gen.sparwas, sparwissparwǫ̂
Dat.sparwaisparwamaz
Inst.sparwōsparwamiz
Voc.sparwsparwōz, sparwōs

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Descendants

  • spǫrr (Old Norse)
    • spurvur (Faroese)
    • sparr, spur (Gutnish)
    • spör (Icelandic)
    • spørr (Scanian)
  • spǫrr (Old Norse)
    • ? (Norwegian)
      • spurv (Norwegian Bokmål)
      • sporv (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  • spǫrr (Old Norse)
    • sparw, sporw, spøruæ (Old Danish)
      • spurv, spurre, sparre (Danish)
  • spǫrr (Old Norse)
    • sparver, spørver (Old Swedish)
      • sparv (Swedish)
        • sparv (Elfdalian)

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