English
hindberry
Hindberry comes from Old English hindberġe ‘raspberry’, and goes back to Proto-West Germanic *hindibaʀi.
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*hindibaʀi‘raspberry, hindberry’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150hindberġeas hindberie‘raspberry’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500*hindberiereconstructed
- Englishearliest quotation 1834hindberry
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*hindibaʀi‘raspberry, hindberry’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150hindberġeas hindberie‘raspberry’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500*hindberiereconstructed
- Englishearliest quotation 1834hindberry
Earliest quotation: 1834, The Hobart Town Magazine: “[…] they made considerable progress in the art of…”
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm ‘beside, near, by, with’
Proto-Indo-European *ḱem-ta- ‘down, below, with, far, along, against’
Old English hindan ‘at the rear, from behind’
Middle English hinde
English hind
Proto-Germanic *bazją
Proto-West Germanic *baʀi
Old English berġe
Middle English berie ‘a berry’
English berry
Every English word from Proto-West Germanic *hindibaʀi
Today it means
noun The raspberry.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-West Germanic *hindibaʀi / hindberry