An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Heuschrecke

by Friedrich Kluge

Heuschrecke, feminine, from the equivalent Middle High German höuschrëcke, masculine, Old High German hęwi-skrëkko, masculine, ‘grasshopper,’ literally ‘hay-jumper’ (see Schrecken). A distinctly German term; compare Dutch sprinkhaan, Anglo-Saxon gœrs-hoppa, equivalent to English grasshopper, Anglo-Saxon also gœrs-stapa, ‘grass-stalker.’ In Gothic occurs an obscure term þramstei, feminine (whence Old Slovenian chrąstŭ, ‘beetle’).