Where does “sooty-headed wren” come from?

sooty-headed wren (English) comes from English headed, from English head, from English -y, from Middle English -y, from Old English -iġ, from Proto-West Germanic -g, from Proto-Germanic -gaz, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

sooty-headed wren (English): Pheugopedius spadix, a species of wren with a black head found only in Colombia and small parts of Panama

Definitions

  1. Pheugopedius spadix, a species of wren with a black head found only in Colombia and small parts of Panama

Ancestry of “sooty-headed wren”, step by step

sooty-headed wren traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English headed

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishheadedOf a sheet of paper: having the sender's name,...
2EnglishheadThe part of the body of an animal or human which...
3English-yAdded to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives...
4Middle English-yDesignates an adjective, in many cases formed by...
5Old English-iġ-y, -ic
6Proto-West Germanic-gForms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a...
7Proto-Germanic-gaz-y
8Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

via English sooty

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsootyOf, relating to, or producing soot; Soiled with...
2Middle EnglishsootySoiled with soot; sooty
3Middle EnglishsootAlternative form of swete; soot
4Old Englishswōtsweet

via English Wren

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishWrenA female member of the Royal Navy
2Middle Englishwrennewren
3Old Englishwrennawren
4Proto-West Germanic*wrandijō
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱosEvery word from English -yEvery word from Old English -iġ