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Where does “tverrhalehauk” come from?

tverrhalehauk (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål hale, from Old Norse hala, from Middle Low German halen, from Old Saxon halōn, from Proto-West Germanic halōn, from Proto-Germanic halōną, from Proto-Indo-European ḱelh₁- — to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot.

tverrhalehauk (Norwegian Bokmål): sharp-shinned hawk, Accipiter striatus

Definitions

  1. sharp-shinned hawk, Accipiter striatus

Ancestry of “tverrhalehauk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålhalea tail; to haul, heave, pull; to drag
2Old Norsehala—
3Middle Low Germanhalen—
4Old Saxonhalōnto get
5Proto-West Germanichalōnto fetch, to get, to haul
6Proto-Germanichalōnąto call, appoint, summon; to fetch, get
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱelh₁-to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot
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