Old Norse spǫrr

← Proto-Germanic *sparwaz (inherited)

← Proto-Indo-European *spḗr (derived)

→ Danish spurv (derived)

→ Faroese spurvur (inherited)

→ Westrobothnian spȧrr (inherited)

→ Norwegian Bokmål spurv (inherited)

→ Norwegian Nynorsk sporv (inherited)

→ Swedish sparv (derived)