Etymology

yarwhelp

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Today it means: godwit, a type of bird. Full definition →

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The story

Perhaps related to Old English hwilpa, Scots whaup and Dutch wulp (“curlew”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.