English
floodgum
From flood + gum.
Proto-Indo-European *pleh₃(w)- ‘to swim, flow’
Proto-Germanic *flōduz ‘river’
Proto-West Germanic *flōdu ‘river’
Old English flōd ‘flowing of the tide’
Middle English flod ‘a river; a waterbody that moves in one direction’
English flood
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂- ‘to gape, yawn’
Proto-Germanic *gaumô ‘palate’
Proto-West Germanic *gōmō
Old English gōma ‘palate’
Middle English gom
English gum
Today it means
noun The flooded gum, Eucalyptus rudis.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / floodgum