English
stonepecker
From stone + pecker.
Proto-Indo-European *steyh₂- ‘to stiffen’
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Proto-Germanic *stainaz
Proto-West Germanic *stain
Old English stān
Middle English ston ‘a stone’
English stone
Proto-Germanic *pikkōną ‘to pick, peck, prick’
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Old English *piccian
Middle English piken ‘to pick at’
Middle English pekken
Middle English pekker
English pecker
Today it means
noun Synonym of turnstone (“type of bird”).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / stonepecker