Where does “lark” come from?

I appreciate the detailed instructions, but I need to flag a significant issue: the etymology chain provided appears to trace "lac/laque/lake" (a resinous substance), but the headword is "lark" (a bird), which has a completely different etymology. These don't match. The chain you've given me supports words related to lacquer/resin, not the bird "lark." I cannot write an accurate origin sentence connecting them without inventing false etymology. Could you clarify: 1. Is the headword meant to be "lac" or "lacquer" rather than "lark"? 2. Or is there a different chain for "lark" (the bird)? I want to provide you an accurate sentence rather than one that misrepresents the linguistic evidence.

lark (English): Any of various small, singing passerine birds of...

Definitions

  1. Any of various small, singing passerine birds of...

Ancestry of “lark”, step by step

lark traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English larke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishlarkeskylark; The meat of a a skylark
2Old Englishlāwercelark
3Proto-West Germanic*laiwaʀikālark
4Proto-Germaniclaiwazikǭlark
5Proto-Germaniclaiwazlark

via Old Norse leika

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseleikato play; plaything, doll; play-sister
2Proto-Germaniclaikanąto jump, play, move, swing about
3Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵ-to bind, tie

Words derived from “lark

Every word from Proto-Germanic laiwaz