English

horntail

From horn + tail.

A compound of horn + tail

Middle English horn

English horn

Proto-Indo-European *deḱ- ‘to tear, fray, shred’

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Proto-Germanic *taglą ‘hair, fiber’

Proto-West Germanic *tagl

Old English tæġel

Middle English tail

English tail

Today it means

noun The wood wasp.

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

Etymograph / horntail