English

hazelnut

Hazelnut comes from Middle English haselnote ‘a hazelnut’, and goes back to Old English hæselhnutu.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

Formed from hazel + nut

Proto-Indo-European *kóslos

Proto-Germanic *haslaz

Proto-West Germanic *hasl

Old English hæsl ‘hazel, shrub’

Middle English hasel ‘the hazel tree, one of its branches, or its wood’

English hazel

Proto-Italic *knuks

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Proto-Germanic *hnuts

Proto-West Germanic *hnut

Old English hnutu

Middle English note

English nut

Every English word from Old English hæselhnutu

noun The fruit of the hazel, especially of species Corylus avellana, which is grown commercially.

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