köken: From Middle High German sperwære, from Old High German sparwāri. Cognate with Dutch sperwer, French épervier, Italian sparviere. Related with Sperling (“sparrow”).
köken: Probably from a derivative of Gothic *𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌹𐌻𐌰 (*gabila), which would be related to Proto-West Germanic *gabulu (“fork”); compare Portuguese gavião and Old High German gabila, gabala.
köken: From Old Galician-Portuguese gavian, of uncertain origin. Possible etymologies include: * From Latin gāvia (“kind of bird; seagull”), with the suffix -ão, or possibly through a Vulgar Latin *gavianus (compare Italian gabbiano); compare gaivota from the same etymon; * From Gothic *𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌹𐌻𐌰 (*gabila, “sparrow hawk”), which would be related to Proto-West Germanic *gabulu. Cognate with Galician gabián,…
köken: Inherited from Byzantine Greek ξεφτέριν (xephtérin) < ξυπτέριν < ἐξυπτέριον, from Koine Greek ὀξυπτέριον n (oxuptérion, “hawk”) with assimilation of pronunciation [pt] > [ft] and with the influence of ξε- (xe-). a diminutive of Ancient Greek ὀξύπτερος (oxúpteros, “sharp-winged, hence swift-winged”) < ὀξύς (oxús) + πτερ(όν) n (pter(ón), “wing”) + -ος (-os). Compare to ὠκύπτερος (ōkúpteros,…
köken: First attested in the Hunmong jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527, as Middle Korean 새〯매〯 (Yale: sǎymǎy). From 새 (sae, “bird”) + 매 (mae, “hawk”). Note that originally 새 (sae) meant "sparrow", harkening to the prey of the sparrowhawk.
köken: Uncertain. The term parallels other formations in other Indo-European languages, such as Proto-Slavic *àstrę̄bъ, Sanskrit आशुपत्वन् (āśupátvan), and Ancient Greek ὠκύπτερος (ōkúpteros, “swift-winged”). De Vaan argues that the first part of the compound, ac-, possibly derives from Proto-Indo-European *HéHḱus (“swift, quick”). Alternatively, the philologist Claire Le Feuvre argues that this…