English

frogmouth

From frog + mouth, from its mouth shape.

A compound of frog + mouth

Proto-Indo-European *prew- ‘to jump’

Proto-West Germanic *froggō

Old English frocga

Middle English frogge ‘a frog or toad’

English frog

Proto-Germanic *munþaz ‘mouth’

Proto-West Germanic *munþ ‘mouth’

Old English mūþ ‘mouth; opening’

Middle English mouth

English mouth

Today it means

noun Any of several nocturnal, insectivorous birds, of the family Podargidae in the order Podargiformes, native to Australia and southern Asia

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

Etymograph / frogmouth