English

honeyware

From honey + ware (“seaweed”).

A compound of honey + ware ‘seaweed’

Proto-Indo-European *kn̥h₂ónks

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Proto-Germanic *hunagą

Proto-West Germanic *hunag

Old English huniġ

Middle English hony

English honey

Proto-Indo-European *wer- ‘to watch, keep guard’

Proto-Germanic *warō ‘attention’

Proto-West Germanic *waru

Old English waru

Middle English ware

English ware

Today it means

noun badderlocks, Alaria esculenta, a type of seaweed

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

Etymograph / honeyware