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Where does “cudweed” come from?

cudweed (English) comes from English cud, from English could, from English ICH, from English ichthyophthiriasis, from English Ichthyophthirius, from Ancient Greek ἰχθύς, from Ancient Greek ἀετός, from Proto-Hellenic ayyetós — bird.

cudweed (English): Any of many of species of flowering plants in...

Definitions

  1. Any of many of species of flowering plants in...

Ancestry of “cudweed”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcudThe portion of food which is brought back into...
2Englishcouldsimple past tense of can; conditional of can;...
3EnglishICHInitialism of intracranial hemorrhage; Initialism...
4EnglishichthyophthiriasisA parasitic infection of freshwater fish caused...
5EnglishIchthyophthirius—
6Ancient Greekἰχθύςfish
7Ancient Greekἀετόςeagle; the constellation Aquila; omen
8Proto-Hellenicayyetós—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ewyetós—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éwisbird
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