houndestonge
Middle English
Alternative forms
- (Early ME) hundes tunga, hundestunge
- hundestounge, houndystonge, hundystonge, howndystonge
Etymology
From Old English hundes tunge; equivalent to hound + tung.
Pronunciation
Noun
houndestonge
- hound's tongue (Cynoglossum officinale)
Descendants
- English: hound's tongue, houndstongue
- Scots: hoond's tongue
References
- “hǒundes-tǒnge (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-11.