sparrowhawk

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

épervier

épervier d’Europe

émouchet

epervier

mouchet

émouchet gris

épervier d'Europe

faucon

mousquette

Synonymes

sparrow hawk

Eurasian sparrowhawk

hawk

sparrow-hawk

spar-hawk

Traductions

Sperber

sparviero

Accipiter nisus

gavilán

sperwer

esparver

esparvièr

bayağı atmaca

ξεφτέρι

valk

accipiter

sparviere

gheppio americano

falcone

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: sparhauk

Hérité de ancien anglais: spearhafoc

Appartenant à danois: spurvehøg

Appartenant à suédois: sparvhök

Appartenant à islandais: 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”).