English

seaberry

From sea + berry.

A compound of sea + berry

Proto-Germanic *saiwiz ‘sea, lake’

Proto-West Germanic *saiwi ‘body of water’

Old English sǣ

Middle English see ‘sea’

English sea

Proto-Germanic *bazją

Proto-West Germanic *baʀi

Old English berġe

Middle English berie ‘a berry’

English berry

Today it means

noun The astringent edible orange berry of the sea buckthorn.

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

Etymograph / seaberry