Etymograph

English

tree cookie

From tree + cookie.

A compound of tree + cookie

Proto-Indo-European *dóru

Proto-Germanic *trewą

Proto-West Germanic *treu

Old English trēo ‘tree’

Middle English trau

English tree

Dutch koekje

English cookie

Today it means

noun A preserved horizontal cross-section of a tree trunk or limb, often demonstrating the physical structure and growth rings of the source plant.

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

Etymograph / tree cookie