English

lashtail

From lash + tail.

A compound of lash + tail

Proto-Germanic *laskô ‘flap of fabric, strap’

Middle English lashe ‘a stroke’

English lash

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 Any of various agamid lizards having long, thin tails.

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

Etymograph / lashtail