Where does “shawkeyrys” come from?

shawkeyrys (Manx) comes from Manx shawkeyr, from Manx shawk, from Old Irish sebac, from Old English heafoc, from Proto-Germanic *habuk, from Proto-Germanic habukaz, from Proto-Indo-European kap- — to seize, hold.

shawkeyrys (Manx): falconry

Definitions

  1. falconry

Ancestry of “shawkeyrys”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Manxshawkeyrfalconer, hawker
2Manxshawkhawk, falcon
3Old Irishsebachawk
4Old EnglishheafocAlternative form of hafoc; hawk
5Proto-Germanic*habuk—
6Proto-Germanichabukazhawk
7Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kap- →Every word from Proto-Germanic habukaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic *habuk →
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