Etymograph

English

hazelwort

From hazel + wort.

A compound of hazel + wort

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-Indo-European *wréh₂ds ‘a root’

Proto-Germanic *wrōts ‘a root’

Proto-West Germanic *wurti ‘a root’

Old English wyrt ‘a plant’

Middle English wort ‘any herb or plant’

English wort

Today it means

noun asarabacca

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

Etymograph / hazelwort