Etymograph

English

adzebill

From adze + bill.

A compound of adze + bill

Proto-Indo-European *h₃edʰḗs

Proto-Germanic *adisô

Old English adesa

Middle English adse

English adze

Medieval Latin bulla ‘seal’

Old French bulle ‘seal’

Anglo-Norman bille

Middle English bille

English bill

Today it means

noun Either of two bird species of the extinct family †Aptornithidae, once endemic to New Zealand.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / adzebill