English

flufftail

From fluff + tail.

A compound of fluff + tail

Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁-

West Flemish vluwe

English fluff

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 of nine species of bird in the genus Sarothrura, endemic to Africa.

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