English
tailstrike
From tail + strike.
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
Proto-Indo-European *streyg- ‘to stroke’
Proto-Germanic *strīkaną ‘to stroke’
Proto-West Germanic *strīkan ‘to stroke’
Old English strīcan ‘to pass lightly over’
Middle English stryken ‘to strike’
English strike
Today it means
noun Unintended contact of the rear of an aircraft's fuselage with the ground during a takeoff or landing.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / tailstrike