Etymology

Ultimately from German Spatz ‎(“sparrow”), from Old High German sparo ‎(“sparrow”), from Proto-Germanic *sparwô ‎(“sparrow”). Cognate with Russian шпак ‎(špak, “starling”), Ukrainian шпак ‎(špak), Belarusian шпак ‎(špak), Czech špaček.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʂpak]