English
hoarwithy
From hoar + withy.
Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃- ‘grey, dark’
Proto-Germanic *hairaz ‘grey’
Proto-West Germanic *hair ‘gray, gray-haired’
Old English hār ‘hoar, hoary, grey, old’
Middle English hor ‘Grey, greyish, grey-white’
English hoar
Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y- ‘to twine, wind’
Proto-Indo-European *wéh₁itis ‘that which twines or bends, branch, switch’
Proto-Germanic *wīþijō ‘willow’
Old English wīþiġ ‘willow, withy’
English withy
Today it means
noun A wayfaring-tree (Viburnum lantana).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hoarwithy