hondsdraf.
ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea)
Meaning & usage
ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea)
Where this word comes from
From Middle Dutch gondrave (various spellings attested), where the first element is *gont (from Proto-Germanic *gundaz (“sore, boil, canker”); may not have existed as simplex in Middle Dutch) and the second is a by-form of Middle Dutch reve (“vine”) (see Proto-West Germanic *rebā); this refers to the plant's purported medicinal properties. This word is furthermore likely inherited from Old Dutch *gundrava, *gundreva, and thence from Proto-West Germanic *gundarebu, *gundarebā; cognates include Old High German guntreba (“ground ivy”) (German Gundelrebe) and Middle Low German gundelrēve, gundelrāve. The word is thus completely unrelated to both hond (“dog”) and draf (“trot”); the resemblance to these words is probably due to folk-etymological alteration.
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