English

gutweed

From gut + weed.

A compound of gut + weed

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- ‘to pour’

Proto-Germanic *gut-

Old English gutt ‘gut, entrail’

Middle English gut

English gut

Proto-West Germanic *weud

Old English wēod

Middle English weed

English weed

Today it means

noun Ulva intestinalis, a seaweed.

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