English

elderbush

From elder + bush.

A compound of elder + bush

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- ‘to grow, nourish’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eltós

Proto-Germanic *aldaz ‘old, grown up’

Old English eldra

Middle English eldre

English elder

Proto-Germanic *buskaz ‘bush’

Proto-West Germanic *busk ‘bush’

Old English *busċ

Middle English bush ‘bush’

English bush

Today it means

noun The bush on which the elderberry grows.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / elderbush