wheatear

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Uncertain. Probably a back-formation from Middle English whit ers (“white arse”), after the prominent white rump of many species. Compare dialect forms white rump, white-tail. Possibly a compound of wheat + ear or white + ear. Attested since the seventeenth century as wheat-ears or wheatgear.

From Middle English whete-ere, equivalent to wheat + ear.

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Asturian: bicha — birds of genus Oenanthe
• Bulgarian: сиво каменарче (sivo kamenarče) — birds of genus Oenanthe
• Chechen: тӏулган гӏайренашкара хьоза (tʼulgan ğajrenaškara ḥroza) — birds of genus Oenanthe
• Czech: bělořit — birds of genus Oenanthe
• Dutch: tapuit — birds of genus Oenanthe
• Faroese: steinstólpa — birds of genus Oenanthe
• Finnish: kivitasku — birds of genus Oenanthe
• French: traquet — birds of genus Oenanthe
• German: Steinschmätzer — birds of genus Oenanthe
• Ancient Greek: οἰνάνθη (oinánthē) — birds of genus Oenanthe
• Hungarian: hantmadár — birds of genus Oenanthe
• Ingrian: naksuttaja — birds of genus Oenanthe
• Ingrian: rauniopappi — birds of genus Oenanthe
• Ingrian: pappiraunio — birds of genus Oenanthe
• Irish: clochrán — birds of genus Oenanthe
• Norman: blianche-coue — birds of genus Oenanthe
• Norwegian Bokmål: steinskvett — birds of genus Oenanthe
• Polish: białorzytka — birds of genus Oenanthe
• Russian: ка́менка (kámenka) — birds of genus Oenanthe
• Inari-Sami: keđgirástágâš — birds of genus Oenanthe
• Lule-Sami: gierggerástes — birds of genus Oenanthe
• Northern Sami: geađgerásttis — birds of genus Oenanthe
• Scottish Gaelic: clacharan — birds of genus Oenanthe
• Scottish Gaelic: brù-gheal — birds of genus Oenanthe
• Spanish: collalba — birds of genus Oenanthe
• Swedish: steinskvätta — birds of genus Oenanthe
• Turkish: kuyrukkakan — birds of genus Oenanthe
• Welsh: tinwen y garn — birds of genus Oenanthe