Where does “meadowlark” come from?

meadowlark (English) comes from English lark, from Middle English larke, from Old English lāwerce, from Proto-West Germanic *laiwaʀikā, from Proto-Germanic laiwazikǭ, from Proto-Germanic laiwaz — lark.

meadowlark (English): The meadow pipit; Any of several songbirds of the...

Definitions

  1. The meadow pipit; Any of several songbirds of the...

Ancestry of “meadowlark”, step by step

meadowlark traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English lark

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlarkAny of various small, singing passerine birds of...
2Middle Englishlarkeskylark; The meat of a a skylark
3Old Englishlāwercelark
4Proto-West Germanic*laiwaʀikālark
5Proto-Germaniclaiwazikǭlark
6Proto-Germaniclaiwazlark

via English meadow

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmeadowA field or pasture; a piece of land covered or...
2Middle Englishmedowe—
3Old Englishmǣdwe—
4Proto-Germanicmēdwōmeadow
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂meh₁-to mow, reap
Every word from Proto-Germanic laiwaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic laiwazikǭ →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *laiwaʀikā →