yellowhammer

The story

1. Old English · derived fromamore
2. Middle English · inherited from*yelwambre
3. English todayyellowhammer

An alteration (influenced by hammer) of the earlier yelambre, yelamber, from Middle English *yelwambre, from yelwe (“yellow”) + *ambre (“yellowhammer”), from Old English amore, related to Old High German amaro (“yellowhammer”) (see modern German Ammer).

Words from the same roots