English

eyestreak

From eye + streak.

A compound of eye + streak

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- ‘eye’

Proto-Germanic *augô

Proto-West Germanic *augā

Old English ēage

Middle English e

English eye

Proto-Indo-European *streyg- ‘line’

Proto-Germanic *strikiz ‘line’

Old English strica

Middle English streke

Today it means

noun A streak of contrasting color over the eye of a bird.

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

Etymograph / eyestreak