English

hardneck

hard + neck

A compound of hard + neck

Proto-Germanic *harduz

Proto-West Germanic *hard(ī)

Old English heard ‘hard’

Middle English hard

English hard

Proto-Germanic *hnakkô ‘nape’

Proto-West Germanic *hnakkō ‘nape’

Old English hnecca ‘back of the neck’

Middle English nekke ‘the neck’

English neck

Today it means

noun Any of the varieties of garlic having a stiff central stem or scape.

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

Etymograph / hardneck