English

featherwork

From feather + work.

A compound of feather + work

Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- ‘to fly’

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Proto-Germanic *feþrō

Proto-West Germanic *feþru

Old English feþer

Middle English fethere ‘a wing feather’

Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- ‘to make’

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Proto-Germanic *werką

Proto-West Germanic *werk

Old English weorc ‘labor’

Middle English work

English work

Today it means

noun The working of feathers into a cultural artifact.

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

Etymograph / featherwork