Where does “stake-driver” come from?

stake-driver (English) comes from English stake, from Middle English stake, from Old English staca, from Proto-Germanic stakô, from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg- — to cover; pole, stick, beam.

stake-driver (English): A bird, the American bittern

Definitions

  1. A bird, the American bittern

Ancestry of “stake-driver”, step by step

stake-driver traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English stake

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishstakeA piece of wood or other material, usually long...
2Middle EnglishstakeA stake; wood put in the ground as a marker or...
3Old Englishstacastake
4Proto-Germanicstakôstake
5Proto-Indo-European(s)teg-to cover; pole, stick, beam

via English driver

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdriverOne who drives something, in any sense of the...
2Middle Englishdrivere—
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