English

flyrobin

From fly + robin.

A compound of fly + robin

Proto-Indo-European *plew- ‘to fly, flow, run’

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Proto-Germanic *fleugǭ ‘flying insect, fly’

Proto-West Germanic *fleugā ‘fly’

Old English flēge ‘a fly’

Middle English fflye

English fly

Middle English robynet

English robin

Today it means

noun Any of various petroicid birds of the genera Microeca and Monachella, of Australia and New Guinea.

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

Etymograph / flyrobin