Where does “buzzardet” come from?
buzzardet (English) comes from English buzzard, from Middle English bosart, from Anglo-Norman buisart, from Old French busart, from Old French buison, from Old French bois, from Frankish busk, from Proto-Germanic buskaz — to become, grow, appear.
buzzardet (English): A hawk resembling the buzzard, but with longer...
Definitions
- A hawk resembling the buzzard, but with longer...
Ancestry of “buzzardet”, step by step
buzzardet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English buzzard
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | buzzard | Any of several Old World birds of prey of the... |
| 2 | Middle English | bosart | — |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | buisart | — |
| 4 | Old French | busart | — |
| 5 | Old French | buison | bush |
| 6 | Old French | bois | woodland; woods |
| 7 | Frankish | busk | bush; bush, thicket |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | buskaz | bush; thicket |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuH- | to become, grow, appear |
via English et
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | et | and; simple past tense and past participle of eat |
| 2 | Middle English | et | — |
| 3 | Old English | æt | eating; at a certain place; at a certain time |
| 4 | Proto-Turkic | āt | name |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | ētą | the act of eating; food |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | etaną | to eat |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁édti | to eat |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ed- | to eat |