Where does “bluewing” come from?

bluewing (English) comes from English Blue, from Middle English blēwe, from Anglo-Norman blew, from Middle French bleu, from Old French blöe, from Latvian blāvus, from Old High German blāo, from Proto-West Germanic blāu — yellow, blond, grey.

bluewing (English): Anas discors (syn. Spatula discors), the blue-winged teal

Definitions

  1. Anas discors (syn. Spatula discors), the blue-winged teal

Ancestry of “bluewing”, step by step

bluewing traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Blue

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBlueA letterman at Oxford or Cambridge; A member of...
2Middle Englishblēwe
3Anglo-Normanblewblue
4Middle Frenchbleublue
5Old Frenchblöeblue
6Latvianblāvusaccusative plural masculine form of blāvs
7Old High Germanblāoblue, dark, grey; blue; yellow
8Proto-West Germanicblāublue
9Proto-Germanicblēwazblue; a dark bluish or grey colour, black
10Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰlēw-yellow, blond, grey

via English wing

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishwingAn appendage of an animal's body that enables it...
2EnglishwomanAn adult female human; All female humans...
3Middle EnglishwommanAn female adult person; a woman; The female sex...
4Old Englishwīfmannwoman; female servant; woman
5Old Englishmannperson; man meaning mankind; man meaning adult...
6Proto-West Germanicmannperson, human
7Proto-Germanic*mann-
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmen-to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰlēw-Every word from Proto-Germanic blēwazEvery word from Proto-West Germanic blāu