English

shieldback

From shield + back.

A compound of shield + back

Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- ‘cut, split’

Proto-Germanic *skelduz

Proto-West Germanic *skeldu

Old English scield

Middle English scheld ‘a shield’

Proto-Germanic *baką ‘back’

Proto-West Germanic *bak

Old English bæc

Middle English bak ‘the back’

English back

Today it means

noun Any of various katydids with a shield-like pronotum.

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

Etymograph / shieldback