English
groundpecker
From ground + pecker.
Proto-Indo-European *gʰrem- ‘floor, settlement’
Proto-Germanic *grunduz ‘ground, foundation’
Proto-West Germanic *grundu
Old English grund
Middle English ground
English ground
Proto-Germanic *pikkōną ‘to pick, peck, prick’
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Old English *piccian
Middle English piken ‘to pick at’
Middle English pekken
Middle English pekker
English pecker
Today it means
noun A species of bird in the tit family Paridae, Pseudopodoces humilis.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / groundpecker