English

killcalf

From kill + calf.

A compound of kill + calf

Middle English killen

English kill

Proto-Germanic *kalbaz

Proto-West Germanic *kalb ‘calf (young cow)’

Anglian Old English cælf

Middle English calf ‘a calf (young cow)’

English calf

Today it means

noun A butcher.

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

Etymograph / killcalf