English
stubtail
From stub + tail.
Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewp- ‘to push, to stick’
Proto-Germanic *stubbaz ‘stump’
Proto-West Germanic *stubb
Old English stybb ‘tree stump’
Middle English stubbe ‘tree stump’
English stub
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 the three species of passerine birds in the genus Urosphena, native to Asia.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / stubtail