Etymograph

English

flagtail

From flag + tail.

A compound of flag + tail

Middle English flag

English flag

Proto-Indo-European *deḱ- ‘to tear, fray, shred’

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Proto-Germanic *taglą ‘hair, fiber’

Proto-West Germanic *tagl

Old English tæġel

Middle English tail

English tail

Today it means

noun Any member of the genus Kuhlia of perciform fish, having distinctive scaly sheaths around the dorsal and anal fins.

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Etymograph / flagtail