Where does “squawweed” come from?

squawweed (English) comes from English weed, from Middle English weed, from Old English wēod, from Proto-West Germanic *weud — weed (unwanted plant).

squawweed (English): The golden ragwort

Definitions

  1. The golden ragwort

Ancestry of “squawweed”, step by step

squawweed traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English weed

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishweedAny plant regarded as unwanted at the place...
2Middle Englishweed—
3Old Englishwēodweed
4Proto-West Germanic*weudweed (unwanted plant)

via English squaw

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsquawA woman, wife; especially a Native American woman
2Massachusettsquàwwoman
3Proto-Algonquian*eθkwe·wa—
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *weud →