Etymograph

English

tailcuff

From tail + cuff.

A compound of tail + cuff

Proto-Indo-European *deḱ- ‘to tear, fray, shred’

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Proto-Germanic *taglą ‘hair, fiber’

Proto-West Germanic *tagl

Old English tæġel

Middle English tail

English tail

Middle English cuffe

English cuff

Today it means

noun A cuff, attached to the tail, used to measure blood pressure in small animals.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “tailcuff”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / tailcuff