sparrowhawk

Betekenis (Engels)

1. A Eurasian sparrowhawk, Accipiter nisus, a small, short-winged European hawk that preys on smaller birds.
2. A Eurasian sparrowhawk, Accipiter nisus, a small, short-winged European hawk that preys on smaller birds.
3. Any of numerous other relatively small birds of Old World species of Accipiter, that prey on smaller birds or otherwise resemble A. nisus.
4. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of sparrow hawk; American kestrel, Falco sparverius, of similar size and habit.

Sinonieme

sparrow hawk

Eurasian sparrowhawk

hawk

sparrow-hawk

spar-hawk

Vertalings

épervier

Sperber

Accipiter nisus

sparviero

gavilán

sperwer

esparver

épervier d’Europe

esparvièr

émouchet

valk

ξεφτέρι

accipiter

bayağı atmaca

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: sparhauk

Geërf van Old English: spearhafoc

Verwante met Deens: spurvehøg

Verwante met Sweeds: sparvhök

Verwante met Yslands: sparrhaukur

In summary

From Middle English sparhauk, sperhauk, from Old English spearhafoc, spearhabuc (“sparrow-hawk”), from Proto-West Germanic *sparwahabuk, from Proto-Germanic *sparwahabukaz, equivalent to sparrow + hawk. Cognate with Danish spurvehøg (“sparrowhawk”), Swedish sparvhök (“sparrowhawk”), Icelandic sparrhaukur (“sparrowhawk”).