Where does “roadside hawk” come from?
roadside hawk (English) comes from English roadside, from English -side, from English Side, from Middle English side, from Old English sīde, from Proto-West Germanic *sīdā, from Medieval Latin sida, from Late Latin seta — to satiate, satisfy.
roadside hawk (English): Buteo magnirostris, a relatively small bird of prey found in Latin America
Definitions
- Buteo magnirostris, a relatively small bird of prey found in Latin America
Ancestry of “roadside hawk”, step by step
roadside hawk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English roadside
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | roadside | Located beside a road; The area on either side of... |
| 2 | English | -side | fireside , railside; airside , planetside;... |
| 3 | English | Side | A bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape |
| 4 | Middle English | side | custom |
| 5 | Old English | sīde | side, flank |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *sīdā | side |
| 7 | Medieval Latin | sida | — |
| 8 | Late Latin | seta | Alternative form of saeta; hair, bristle; bristle |
| 9 | Latin | saeta | a bristle, hair on an animal; silk |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | saitā | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | séh₂ito- | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | sh₂ey- | to bind, fetter |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | seh₂- | to satiate, satisfy |
via English hawk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hawk | A diurnal predatory bird of the family... |
| 2 | English | hawker | A peddler, huckster, who travels about to sell... |
| 3 | Middle Low German | hȫker | peddler |
| 4 | Old High German | huchan | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *hūkan- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *hūkkan- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *huk(k)ōn- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | *kuk-néh₂ | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱewk- | flare up, glow; white; to glow, burn, lighten |