Etymograph

English

landfowl

From land + fowl.

Formed from land + fowl

Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- ‘land’

Proto-Germanic *landą

Proto-West Germanic *land ‘land’

Old English land

Middle English lond ‘an independent nation’

English land

Proto-Germanic *fuglaz ‘bird’

Proto-West Germanic *fugl ‘bird’

Old English fugol ‘bird’

Middle English foul ‘a bird’

English fowl

Today it means

noun Any of the heavy-bodied ground-feeding birds in the order Galliformes, which includes chickens, turkeys, peafowl, pheasants, grouse, quail, and other related species.

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

Etymograph / landfowl