English

grasswren

From grass + wren.

A compound of grass + wren

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 *wrandijô

Proto-West Germanic *wrandijō

Old English wrenna

Middle English wrenne

English wren

Today it means

noun Any of the birds in the malurid genus Amytornis.

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

Etymograph / grasswren