English

jacky winter

From jacky + winter, imitative of its call.

A compound of jacky + winter

Proto-Germanic *wintruz ‘winter’

Proto-West Germanic *wintru

Old English winter

Middle English winter

Today it means

noun A bird (Microeca fascinans) in the Australasian robin family Petroicidae.

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

Etymograph / jacky winter