Where does “skylark” come from?
Skylark combines English sky with English lake, which derives from French laque, Middle Dutch laken, Middle Dutch lac, Sanskrit लाक्षा, and Proto-Indo-European leg-, meaning to gather or collect.
skylark (English): A small brown passerine bird, "Alauda arvensis",...
Definitions
- A small brown passerine bird, "Alauda arvensis",...
Ancestry of “skylark”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | lark | Any of various small, singing passerine birds of... |
| 2 | Middle English | larke | skylark; The meat of a a skylark |
| 3 | Old English | lāwerce | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *laiwaʀikā | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | laiwazikǭ | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | laiwaz | lark |
Words derived from “skylark”