Etymograph

English

honeycreeper

From honey + creeper.

A compound of honey + creeper

Proto-Indo-European *kn̥h₂ónks

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Proto-Germanic *hunagą

Proto-West Germanic *hunag

Old English huniġ

Middle English hony

English honey

Old English crēopere

Middle English crepere ‘a creeper or slitherer’

English creeper

Today it means

noun Any of various nectar-feeding birds of the tanager family, belonging to the genera Cyanerpes, Chlorophanes, and Iridophanes.

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

Etymograph / honeycreeper