Etymograph

English

gorcrow

From gore + crow.

A compound of gore + crow

Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- ‘hot’

Proto-Germanic *gurą ‘half-digested stomach contents’

Proto-West Germanic *gor

Old English gor ‘manure, dung, filth, muck, dirt’

Middle English gore ‘mud, muck’

English gore

Proto-Germanic *krēanądeverb.

Proto-Germanic *krēǭ

Proto-West Germanic *krāā

Old English crāwe

Middle English crowe

English crow

Today it means

noun The carrion crow.

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

Etymograph / gorcrow