From: Joao S. Lopes
Message: 37423
Date: 2005-04-27
A link between Greek psa:r and Latin passer is tempting, but problematic.
passer (g.passeris) is analogous to anser (g.anseris) "goose" <*g^Ha:ns/is, so we could suppose a similar *passis, or not?
josimo70 wrote:
>*s-per-
>
>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"
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