Re: sparrow

josimo70 wrote:

>*s-per-
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>Latin parus[titmouse]
>Latinparra [sea eagle]=Umbrian parfa(<pareza:]
>Grk sporgilos, spergoulos, psar [sterling]
>Old Prussian spurglis [sparrow],spergla-
>OHG sperche

and sparo "Sperling"
MHG spare, along with spaz(e) (today: Spatz)
(-z diminutival, e.g. as Heinz & Hinz
for Heinrich, Kunz for K(u)onrad)

>Celtic sprawos [sterling, jackdaw]*
>Germanic sparwaz [sparrow]

modern German Sperling (syn. of Spatz), group: Passerinae.

George
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* BTW sterling: in German, dialectal, "Widder" ("ram; aries; wether")
< Stierling < Stier "bull"