English

grass-cock

From grass + cock.

A compound of grass + cock

Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- ‘to grow’

Proto-Germanic *grasą

Proto-West Germanic *gras

Old English græs

Middle English gras ‘a grass’

English grass

Proto-Germanic *kukkaz

Proto-West Germanic *kokk ‘cock, rooster, chicken’

Old English cocc

Middle English cok ‘rooster, cock’

English cock

Today it means

noun A cock (small pile) of grass (cut, gathered, and piled).

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

Etymograph / grass-cock