English

ant thrush

From ant + thrush.

A compound of ant + thrush

Proto-West Germanic *āmaitijā

Old English ǣmete

Middle English ampte ‘an ant’

English ant

Proto-Indo-European *trosdos

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Proto-Germanic *þruskō

Proto-Germanic *þruskijǭ

Old English þrysċe

Middle English thrusche ‘a thrush or its meat’

Today it means

noun —

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

Etymograph / ant thrush