spȧrr

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse spǫrr, from Proto-Germanic, from Proto-Indo-European *sperg- (“sparrow”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [spárː], [spǽrː]
    Rhymes: -árː, -ǽrː

Noun

spȧ´rr m (definite singular spȧ´rrn, definite plural spǡrră)

  1. passeri (songbirds or oscines)

Derived terms

  • spȧrrspäning (“sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus”)

References

    • Stenberg, Pehr, Widmark, Gusten “sparr m spȧ´rr”, in Ordbok över Umemålet [Dictionary of the Umeå speech], →ISBN, page 122
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