sparrowhawk

Senso (Inglese)

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.

Concetti

sparviero

falco

falcone

gheppio americano

sparviere

sparviere eurasiatico

sinonimi

sparrow hawk

Eurasian sparrowhawk

hawk

sparrow-hawk

spar-hawk

Traduzioni

épervier

Sperber

Accipiter nisus

sperwer

gavilán

esparver

épervier d’Europe

esparvièr

émouchet

bayağı atmaca

ξεφτέρι

accipiter

valk

mousquette

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: sparhauk

Ereditato da inglese antico: spearhafoc

Affine danese: spurvehøg

Affine svedese: sparvhök

Affine islandese: 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”).