English

flaxbird

flax + bird

A compound of flax + bird

Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- ‘to plait’

Proto-Germanic *flahsą

Proto-West Germanic *flahs

Old English fleax ‘linen, flax’

Middle English flax ‘Flax or its fibres’

English flax

Old English bridd ‘chick’

Middle English bird

English bird

Today it means

noun Synonym of summer tanager.

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

Etymograph / flaxbird