English

homekill

From home + kill.

A compound of home + kill

Proto-Germanic *haimaz ‘home, village’

Proto-West Germanic *haim ‘home’

Old English hām ‘home’

Middle English hom ‘home’

English home

Middle English killen

English kill

Today it means

noun The slaughter of one's own animals on one's own property.

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

Etymograph / homekill