English

fetterlock

From fetter + lock.

A compound of fetter + lock

Proto-Indo-European *ped- ‘to step, walk’

Proto-Germanic *feturaz

Old English feter

Middle English feter

Proto-Indo-European *lewg- ‘to bend’

Proto-Germanic *luką

Proto-West Germanic *lok ‘shutter’

Old English loc

Middle English lok

English lock

Today it means

noun A shackle or lock.

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

Etymograph / fetterlock