hawthorn
English
/ˈhɔː.θɔːn/, /ˈhɔ.θɔɹn/
noun
Definitions
- Any of various shrubs and small trees of the genus Crataegus having small, apple-like fruits and thorny branches
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English hawthorn inherited from Old English hagaþorn inherited from Proto-Germanic *haguþurnuz.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*haguþurnuz
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- hawthorny English
- *haguþurnuz Proto-Germanic
- hagaþorn Old English
- hawe Middle English
- hawthorn Middle English
- thorn Middle English
- hagudorn Old High German
- *haguthorn Old Dutch