English Explanatory Dictionary

sparling

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A European smelt (Osmerus eperlanus).
name
  1. A surname.

Word forms

sparling sparlings

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

sperling

Derived words

sperling
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