English

frogbutt

From frog + butt, from the resemblance to a frog.

A compound of frog + butt

Proto-Indo-European *prew- ‘to jump’

Proto-West Germanic *froggō

Old English frocga

Middle English frogge ‘a frog or toad’

English frog

Old English byt ‘small piece of land’

Middle English but ‘goal, mark, butt of land’

English butt

Today it means

noun A crested gecko that has dropped its tail permanently.

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

Etymograph / frogbutt