Proto-Germanic: [*sperk=]; *sparwa-z, *sparwēn; *sprawēn
Meaning: sparrow
Gothic: *sparwa m. (n) `sparrow'
Old Norse: spɔr-r m. `Sperling'; spar-r m. `id.'; sparr-haukr m. `Sperber'
Norwegian: sporr, sporv, sparv
Swedish: sparv
Danish: spurv
Old English: spearwa, -an m. `sparrow'; { spear-hefoc }
English: sparrow
Old Saxon: sprā, sprāla
Middle Dutch: sperwāre, sparwāre m.
Dutch: sperwer m.
Middle Low German: [sparlink, sperlink]; sparwer, sperwer
Old High German: [sperih m., sperihha f. (Hs. 12. Jh.)]; sparo (8.Jh.); spar(a)wāri (11.Jh.)
Middle High German: [md. spɛrc, spɛrke, spɛrche m. 'sperling', f.] ; spar(e) wk. m., sparwe, sperwe wk. m. 'sperling'; sparwǟre, spɛrwǟre, spɛrbǟre, spɛrber st. m. 'geringere, von s perlingen lenebde falkenart, sperber'; spɛrlinc, spirlinc, -g- st. m. 'sperling'
German: Sperling; { [Sprehe `Star'] }; Sperber
