nuthatchn.¹

Brit.

/ˈnʌthatʃ/, U.S.

/ˈnətˌ(h)ætʃ/

Forms:

α. Middle English notehach, Middle English notehache, Middle English notthache, Middle English nutthache, 1500s nuthatche, 1600s– nuthatch, 1800s nuthatcher (U.S.), 1800s nuthatchet.

β. Middle English notchak (probably transmission error), Middle English notehake, Middle English nothak, Middle English nutte hake, Middle English nutthake, 1500s nuthake.

γ. Middle English nuthage, 1500s nothagge.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: nut n.¹, an element of uncertain origin.

Etymology: < nut n.¹ + a second element of uncertain origin, probably related to hack v.¹ (compare the β. forms, and also the second element of woodhack n.): see also note below.In the α. forms, the second element perhaps shows the influence of hache n. or hatch v.¹ (although the latter is difficult to account for semantically); although semantically fitting, hatch v.² is attested considerably later. The γ. forms apparently show the influence of hag v.¹ Attested earlier as a surname in: Thoma Nuthech (1220), Richard Notehach (1287), William Notehacke (1289), etc.

Any of various small songbirds of the genus Sitta or the family Sittidae, which creep up and down trees and rocks and wedge nuts into crevices in order to hack at them with their beaks and feed on the kernels, and typically have a blue-grey back and black eyestripe; esp. the common Eurasian species S. europaea.

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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > [noun] > family Sittidae > genus Sitta > sitta europaea (nuthatch)

nuthatchc1350

nutjobber1544

nut-pecker1553

wood-cracker1677

jar-bird1768

nutcracker1879

α.

c1350 Nominale (Cambr. Ee.4.20) in Trans. Philol. Soc. (1906) 24* (MED) Wylde gose and notehache.

c1450 tr. G. Boccaccio De Claris Mulieribus (1924) 1287 (MED) This Cyrce..Turnyd hir husbonde..In-to a nutthache.

a1500 in T. Wright Vocabularies (1857) 164 To day in the dawnyng, I hyrde the fowles syng..The notthache, the swalow, and the sernow.

1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. ii. v. §4. 147 To the second sort of the Woodpecker kind, those other Birds may be reduced, which are..called Nuthatch.

1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. 142 The Nuthatch or Nutjobber.

1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 503 Sitta, the Nuthatch; it is frequent with us.

1766 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. ii. 81 The nuthatch weighs near an ounce.

1799 R. Southey Filbert in Wks. (1845) 164/1 Him may the Nut-hatch, piercing with strong bill, Unwittingly destroy.

1802 G. Montagu Ornithol. Dict. at Nuthatch—European The Nuthatch is more expert in climbing than the Woodpecker.

1854 Orr's Circle Sci.: Org. Nature I. 150 The nuthatch utters a loud call, which may be heard at a considerable distance, resembling grew, deck, deck.

1894 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. III 648 Corsica has a Nuthatch peculiar to itself and remarkable for its black crown.

1912 Chambers's Jrnl. May 315/1 The nut-hatch chisels out a nest for himself inside a tree.

1967 J. A. Baker Peregrine ii. 119 He [sc. a treecreeper] can walk sideways, or head-downwards, like a nuthatch.

1991 Times 28 Dec. (Weekend section) 8/2 The nuthatch seems to possess an endless range of piercing whistles.

β. a1400 MS Westm. Abbey 34/11 in Notes & Queries (1981) Feb. 15/1 Frondiator, un coperole, a notchak. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 359 Nothak, byrde, picus.c1560 (a1500) Squyr Lowe Degre (Copland) 55 The nuthake with her notes newe.γ. a1500 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 702/32 Hic ficedula, a nuthage.1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 248/2 Nothagge, a byrde, jaye.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nuthatch
释义	nuthatchn.¹ Brit. /ˈnʌthatʃ/, U.S. /ˈnətˌ(h)ætʃ/ Forms: α. Middle English notehach, Middle English notehache, Middle English notthache, Middle English nutthache, 1500s nuthatche, 1600s– nuthatch, 1800s nuthatcher (U.S.), 1800s nuthatchet. β. Middle English notchak (probably transmission error), Middle English notehake, Middle English nothak, Middle English nutte hake, Middle English nutthake, 1500s nuthake. γ. Middle English nuthage, 1500s nothagge. Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: nut n.¹, an element of uncertain origin. Etymology: < nut n.¹ + a second element of uncertain origin, probably related to hack v.¹ (compare the β. forms, and also the second element of woodhack n.): see also note below.In the α. forms, the second element perhaps shows the influence of hache n. or hatch v.¹ (although the latter is difficult to account for semantically); although semantically fitting, hatch v.² is attested considerably later. The γ. forms apparently show the influence of hag v.¹ Attested earlier as a surname in: Thoma Nuthech (1220), Richard Notehach (1287), William Notehacke (1289), etc. Any of various small songbirds of the genus Sitta or the family Sittidae, which creep up and down trees and rocks and wedge nuts into crevices in order to hack at them with their beaks and feed on the kernels, and typically have a blue-grey back and black eyestripe; esp. the common Eurasian species S. europaea. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > [noun] > family Sittidae > genus Sitta > sitta europaea (nuthatch) nuthatchc1350 nutjobber1544 nut-pecker1553 wood-cracker1677 jar-bird1768 nutcracker1879 α. c1350 Nominale (Cambr. Ee.4.20) in Trans. Philol. Soc. (1906) 24* (MED) Wylde gose and notehache. c1450 tr. G. Boccaccio De Claris Mulieribus (1924) 1287 (MED) This Cyrce..Turnyd hir husbonde..In-to a nutthache. a1500 in T. Wright Vocabularies (1857) 164 To day in the dawnyng, I hyrde the fowles syng..The notthache, the swalow, and the sernow. 1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. ii. v. §4. 147 To the second sort of the Woodpecker kind, those other Birds may be reduced, which are..called Nuthatch. 1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. 142 The Nuthatch or Nutjobber. 1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 503 Sitta, the Nuthatch; it is frequent with us. 1766 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. ii. 81 The nuthatch weighs near an ounce. 1799 R. Southey Filbert in Wks. (1845) 164/1 Him may the Nut-hatch, piercing with strong bill, Unwittingly destroy. 1802 G. Montagu Ornithol. Dict. at Nuthatch—European The Nuthatch is more expert in climbing than the Woodpecker. 1854 Orr's Circle Sci.: Org. Nature I. 150 The nuthatch utters a loud call, which may be heard at a considerable distance, resembling grew, deck, deck. 1894 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. III 648 Corsica has a Nuthatch peculiar to itself and remarkable for its black crown. 1912 Chambers's Jrnl. May 315/1 The nut-hatch chisels out a nest for himself inside a tree. 1967 J. A. Baker Peregrine ii. 119 He [sc. a treecreeper] can walk sideways, or head-downwards, like a nuthatch. 1991 Times 28 Dec. (Weekend section) 8/2 The nuthatch seems to possess an endless range of piercing whistles. β. a1400 MS Westm. Abbey 34/11 in Notes & Queries (1981) Feb. 15/1 Frondiator, un coperole, a notchak. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 359 Nothak, byrde, picus.c1560 (a1500) Squyr Lowe Degre (Copland) 55 The nuthake with her notes newe.γ. a1500 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 702/32 Hic ficedula, a nuthage.1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 248/2 Nothagge, a byrde, jaye. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹c1350
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