English

hedgenettle

From hedge + nettle.

A compound of hedge + nettle

Proto-Indo-European *kagʰ- ‘to keep, enclose’

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Proto-Germanic *hagjō

Proto-West Germanic *haggju

Old English heċġ ‘fence’

Middle English hegge ‘a hedge’

English hedge

Proto-Germanic *natǭ

Proto-Germanic *natilǭ

Proto-West Germanic *natilā

Old English netle

Middle English netle

Today it means

noun Any of certain plants of the genus Stachys.

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

Etymograph / hedgenettle