Etymograph

English

hobblebush

From hobble + bush.

A compound of hobble + bush

Proto-Indo-European *ḱewb-

Middle English hobblen

English hobble

Proto-Germanic *buskaz ‘bush’

Proto-West Germanic *busk ‘bush’

Old English *busċ

Middle English bush ‘bush’

English bush

Today it means

noun A low bush of species Viburnum lantanoides, having long, straggling branches and pretty flowers, found in the northern United States.

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

Etymograph / hobblebush