Etymograph

English

hawksbeard

From hawk + -s- + beard.

A compound of hawk + -s- + beard

Middle English hauk

English hawk

Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰéh₂

Proto-Germanic *bardaz

Proto-West Germanic *bard

Old English beard

Middle English berd

English beard

Today it means

noun Any of various annual and perennial flowering plants of the genus Crepis, superficially resembling the dandelion.

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

Etymograph / hawksbeard