hawthorn

Betekenis (Engels)

Any of various shrubs and small trees of the genus Crataegus having small, apple-like fruits and thorny branches

Concepten

meidoorn

haagdoorn

hagedoorn

meidoren

Synoniemen

haw

mayflower

may

whitethorn

quickset

English hawthorn

evergreen thorn

apple haw

hedgethorn

howthorn

may blosom

may tree

midland hawthorn

thorn-apple tree

briar

cf. May flower

bush

shrub

sweet

quickthorn

maybush

Vertalingen

aubépine

biancospino

Weißdorn

espino

Hagedorn

Crataegus

espino albar

espino blanco

alıç

pilriteiro

estrepeiro

arç blanc

givîj

Crataegus spp.

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈhɔː.θɔːn/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: hawthorn

Overgenomen van Oudengels: hagaþorn

In summary

From Middle English hawthorn, from Old English hagaþorn, hæguþorn, from Proto-West Germanic *haguþorn; equivalent to haw (“hedge, enclosure”) + thorn.