English
hawthorny
From hawthorn + -y.
A compound of hawthorn + -y
Proto-West Germanic *haguþorn
Old English hagaþorn
Middle English hawthorn ‘a hawthorn or similar tree or shrub’
English hawthorn
Today it means
adj Resembling hawthorns, hawthorn-like.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hawthorny