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Where does “birdshop” come from?

birdshop (English) comes from English shop, from Middle English shoppe, from Old English sċeoppa, from Proto-Germanic skupp-, from Proto-Indo-European skub-.

birdshop (English): A shop that sells live birds

Definitions

  1. A shop that sells live birds

Ancestry of “birdshop”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishshopAn establishment that sells goods or services to...
2Middle Englishshoppe—
3Old Englishsċeoppa—
4Proto-Germanicskupp-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanskub-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skub- →