English

gullwing

From gull + wing.

A compound of gull + wing

Proto-Indo-European *wai

Proto-Celtic *weilannā ‘seagull’

Proto-Brythonic *gwuɨlann ‘gull, seagull’

Middle English gulle

English gull

Old Norse vængr

Middle English winge ‘a wing’

English wing

Today it means

adj Resembling a gull's wings.

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

Etymograph / gullwing