sparrowhawk

Significat (Anglès)

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.

Conceptes

esparver

falcó

astoret

accípitre

esparver vulgar

Sinònims

sparrow hawk

Eurasian sparrowhawk

hawk

sparrow-hawk

spar-hawk

Traduccions

épervier

Sperber

Accipiter nisus

sparviero

gavilán

sperwer

esparvièr

épervier d’Europe

valk

bayağı atmaca

ξεφτέρι

accipiter

émouchet

falco

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: sparhauk

Heretat de anglès antic: spearhafoc

Cognat amb danès: spurvehøg

Cognat amb suec: sparvhök

Cognat amb islandès: 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”).