Etymograph

English

frillback

From frill + back.

A compound of frill + back

Proto-Germanic *baką ‘back’

Proto-West Germanic *bak

Old English bæc

Middle English bak ‘the back’

English back

Today it means

noun A pigeon of a fancy breed having a frill or curls on the wing shield feathers.

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

Etymograph / frillback