esprevier

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French esprevier.

Noun

esprevier m (plural espreviers)

sparrowhawk

Descendants

French: épervier

References

Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (espervier, supplement)

Old French

Etymology

From Old Dutch *sparwari (“sparrow-hawk”, literally “sparrow-eagle”), from Frankish *sparwō (from Proto-Germanic *sparwô (“sparrow”)) + *arô (“eagle”).

Noun

esprevier oblique singular, m (oblique plural espreviers, nominative singular espreviers, nominative plural esprevier)

sparrowhawk

Descendants

Middle French: esprevier
- French: épervier
→ Middle English: sperver, sparver, sparvour, spavore, spervere, sprever, sprevere
- English: sparver (obsolete)

References

Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (espervier, supplement)

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