English

flaxbush

From flax + bush.

A compound of flax + bush

Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- ‘to plait’

Proto-Germanic *flahsą

Proto-West Germanic *flahs

Old English fleax ‘linen, flax’

Middle English flax ‘Flax or its fibres’

English flax

Proto-Germanic *buskaz ‘bush’

Proto-West Germanic *busk ‘bush’

Old English *busċ

Middle English bush ‘bush’

English bush

Today it means

noun A bush of genus Phormium, bearing New Zealand flax.

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

Etymograph / flaxbush