English
hawsom
Hawsom comes from German Hausen ‘sturgeon’, and goes back to Proto-West Germanic *hūsō.
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*hūsō‘sturgeon’reconstructed
- Old High Germanc. 750–1050hūso‘sturgeon and other fish’
- Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350hūse
- Germanc. 1650–presentHausen‘sturgeon’
- Englishearliest quotation 1745hawsom
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*hūsō‘sturgeon’reconstructed
- Old High Germanc. 750–1050hūso‘sturgeon and other fish’
- Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350hūse
- Germanc. 1650–presentHausen‘sturgeon’
- Englishearliest quotation 1745hawsom
Earliest quotation: 1745, Richard Pococke: “They say that the hawsom fish in the Danube…”
Every English word from Proto-West Germanic *hūsō
Today it means
noun sturgeon
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-West Germanic *hūsō / hawsom