English

roughtail

From rough + tail.

A compound of rough + tail

Proto-Germanic *rūhaz ‘rough, hairy’

Old English rūh ‘rough’

Middle English rough ‘rough’

English rough

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

adj Having a rough tail.

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

Etymograph / roughtail