Etymology

sparrowlike

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Today it means: Resembling a sparrow in some way; vivacious, chirpy, frail, etc. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English sparrow
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The story

  1. Englishsparrow
  2. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  3. Proto-Germanic*līką
  4. English todaysparrowlike

From sparrow + -like.

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