Where does “tealery” come from?

tealery (English) comes from English teal, from Middle English tele, from Proto-Germanic tailijaz.

tealery (English): An enclosure for housing teal before they are killed and eaten

Definitions

  1. An enclosure for housing teal before they are killed and eaten

Ancestry of “tealery”, step by step

tealery traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English teal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtealAny of various small freshwater ducks of the...
2Middle Englishtele—
3Proto-Germanictailijaz—

via English ery

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishery—
Every word from Proto-Germanic tailijaz →Every word from Middle English tele →Every word from English teal →