English
laverock
Laverock comes from Old English lāwerce ‘lark’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *laiwazikǭ.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*laiwazikǭ‘lark’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150lāwerceas lāferce‘lark’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500laveroc
- Englishearliest quotation 1597laverock
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*laiwazikǭ‘lark’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150lāwerceas lāferce‘lark’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500laveroc
- Englishearliest quotation 1597laverock
Earliest quotation: 1597, Alexander Montgomery: “The mavis, merle, and Progne proud, The lintwhite lark,…”
Linked words
through Old English lāwerce ‘lark’
Today it means
noun lark (bird).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *laiwazikǭ / laverock