Where does “Kiebitz” come from?

Kiebitz (German) comes from German gibiz.

Kiebitz (German): northern lapwing; any bird of the Vanellus...

Definitions

  1. northern lapwing; any bird of the Vanellus...

Ancestry of “Kiebitz”, step by step

Kiebitz traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German gibiz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germangibiz—

via German kiebitzen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germankiebitzento look on

Words derived from “Kiebitz”

Every word from German gibiz →