Where does “shitehawk” come from?
shitehawk (English) comes from English hawk, from English hawker, from Middle Low German hȫker, from Old High German huchan, from Proto-Germanic *hūkan-, from Proto-Germanic *hūkkan-, from Proto-Germanic *huk(k)ōn-, from Proto-Indo-European *kuk-néh₂ — flare up, glow; white; to glow, burn, lighten.
shitehawk (English): A large scavenging or predatory bird; especially (originally in military use in South Asia) the black kite
Definitions
- A large scavenging or predatory bird; especially (originally in military use in South Asia) the black kite
Ancestry of “shitehawk”, step by step
shitehawk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |
via English shite
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | shite | Shit; trash; rubbish; nonsense; A foolish or... |
| 2 | Middle English | schiten | To shit; To stink, smell, stench |
| 3 | Old English | scītan | to defecate, shit |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *skītan | to shit, defecate |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | skītaną | to defecate, to shit |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱeyd- | to shade; to cut off; to part with, separate, cut... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱēy- | to shine; to shimmer; shadow; luster, gloss,... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | skaidą | separation, distinction |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | skÁit- | to cut, part, spearate, divide; to cut, part,... |