English

fallowchat

From fallow + chat.

A compound of fallow + chat

Proto-Indo-European *polḱéh₂ ‘arable land’

Proto-West Germanic *falgu

Old English fealh ‘fallow land’

Middle English falwe

Middle English cheteren

Middle English chateren

English chatter

English chat

Today it means

noun A bird, the wheatear or stonechat.

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

Etymograph / fallowchat