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Where does “fowl-lore” come from?

fowl-lore (English) comes from English fowl, from Middle English foul, from Old English fuġol, from Proto-West Germanic fugl, from Proto-Germanic fuglaz, from Proto-Germanic fluglaz, from Proto-Germanic fleuganą, from Proto-Indo-European plewk- — to fly, flow, run.

fowl-lore (English): The knowledge, study, or science of fowls;...

Definitions

  1. The knowledge, study, or science of fowls;...

Ancestry of “fowl-lore”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfowlA bird; A bird of the order Galliformes,...
2Middle EnglishfoulAlternative form of fole; Alternative form of...
3Old Englishfuġolbird
4Proto-West Germanicfuglbird
5Proto-Germanicfuglazbird
6Proto-Germanicfluglaz—
7Proto-Germanicfleuganąto fly
8Proto-Indo-Europeanplewk-to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands
9Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run
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