alder
English
/ˈɔːldə/, /ˈɔldɚ/, /ˈɑldɚ/
noun
Definitions
- Any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Alnus, belonging to the birch family.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English aller, alder inherited from Old English alor (alder) inherited from *aluʀu, *aliʀu inherited from Proto-Germanic *alusō, *aluz inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élis- (alder).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂élis-
Gloss
alder
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Aldershot English
- Allerton English
- alderfly English
- aldern English
- aldership English
- alderwood English
- fly English
- wood English
- *alīnus Latin
- alnus Latin
- Erle German
- Erlkönig German
- els Dutch, Flemish
- elzenvoorn Dutch, Flemish
- alisar Spanish, Castilian
- aliseda Spanish, Castilian
- aliso Spanish, Castilian
- *h₂élis- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂élsnos Proto-Indo-European
- older Norwegian Bokmål
- *alisō, *alizō Proto-Germanic
- *alizō Proto-Germanic
- *alusō, *aluz Proto-Germanic
- *aluz Proto-Germanic
- al Swedish
- alfågel Swedish
- alförrädare Swedish
- olcha Polish
- older Norwegian Nynorsk
- or Norwegian Nynorsk
- orsaka Norwegian Nynorsk
- alor Old English
- aller, alder Middle English
- elri Old Norse
- ǫlr Old Norse
- el Danish
- elkedel Danish
- *olьxa Proto-Slavic
- ausne Old French
- alno Esperanto
- elri Icelandic
- gráelri Icelandic
- else Middle Dutch
- erila Old High German
- alksnis Latvian
- alksnājs Latvian
- elri Faroese
- aune Norman
- halë Albanian
- *𐌰𐌻𐌹𐍃𐌰 Gothic
- *𐌰𐌻𐌼𐍃 Gothic
- *aluʀu, *aliʀu gmw-pro
- al Old Swedish
- *alznos Proto-Italic
- aller Scots
- onaro Venetian