sparling

Meaning

1. A European smelt (Osmerus eperlanus).
2. A young salmon.
3. A tern (Sterninae spp.).

Synonyms

European smelt

smelt

Osmerus eperlanus

Translations

Osmerus eperlanus

sperlano

سمك سبارلينج

Osmerus eperlanus

eperlán

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: sperlynge

Cognate with German: Spiering

Cognate with Middle Low German: spirling

Cognate with Middle Dutch: spierling

Cognate with Dutch: spier

In summary

From Middle English sperlynge, shortened from Old French esperlinge, a Germanic borrowing, found in German Spiering, Spierling, Middle Low German spirling, Middle Dutch spierling, suffixed from the word now Dutch spier (“spar, pole; muscle”). See also sparrow for a homonymic bird-name.