Where does “grasshawk” come from?

grasshawk (English) comes from English hawk, from English hawker, from Middle Low German hȫker, from Old High German huchan, from Proto-Germanic *hūkan-, from Proto-Germanic *hūkkan-, from Proto-Germanic *huk(k)ōn-, from Proto-Indo-European *kuk-néh₂ — flare up, glow; white; to glow, burn, lighten.

grasshawk (English): Any of various species of libellulid dragonfly of the genus Neurothemis

Definitions

  1. Any of various species of libellulid dragonfly of the genus Neurothemis

Ancestry of “grasshawk”, step by step

grasshawk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English hawk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhawkA diurnal predatory bird of the family...
2EnglishhawkerA peddler, huckster, who travels about to sell...
3Middle Low Germanhȫkerpeddler
4Old High Germanhuchan
5Proto-Germanic*hūkan-
6Proto-Germanic*hūkkan-
7Proto-Germanic*huk(k)ōn-
8Proto-Indo-European*kuk-néh₂
9Proto-Indo-Europeanḱewk-flare up, glow; white; to glow, burn, lighten

via English grass

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgrassAny plant of the family Poaceae, characterized by...
2Middle EnglishgrasA grass; Any plant; especially a herbaceous one;...
3Old Englishgræsgrass
4Proto-West Germanicgrasgrass
5Proto-Germanicgrasągrass
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰreh₁-to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱewk-Every word from Proto-Indo-European *kuk-néh₂Every word from Proto-Germanic *huk(k)ōn-