gorse
English
/ɡɔɹs/, /ɡɔːs/
noun
Definitions
- Evergreen shrub, of the genus Ulex, having spiny leaves and yellow flowers.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English gorst inherited from Old English gors inherited from Proto-Germanic *gurstaz inherited from *gerstu (barley) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- (yearn, enclose, bowels, yearn for, scratch, short, bristle, bowel, catch, wish, shine, guts, scrape, feel inclination, glow, intestine, string).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ǵʰer-
Gloss
yearn, enclose, bowels, yearn for, scratch, short, bristle, bowel, catch, wish, shine, guts, scrape, feel inclination, glow, intestine, string
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
短
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- exhort English
- exhortation English
- exhortative English
- exhorter English
- gorseland English
- gorsy English
- hordatine English
- hordeaceous English
- hortative English
- hortatory English
- land English
- *hordeata Latin
- adhortor Latin
- cohors Latin
- cohortor Latin
- cortem Latin
- dehortor Latin
- dehortārī Latin
- exhortor Latin
- fordeaceus Latin
- hariolus Latin
- haruspex Latin
- hernia Latin
- hillae Latin
- hirnea Latin
- hordeaceus Latin
- hordeius Latin
- hordeolus Latin
- hordeum Latin
- horior Latin
- hortatio Latin
- hortensis Latin
- hortor Latin
- bassacorte Italian
- orticello Italian
- orzo Italian
- Aveyron French
- orge French
- orgeat French
- horchata Spanish, Castilian
- hordio Spanish, Castilian
- χάρις Ancient Greek
- χάρμα Ancient Greek
- χάρμη Ancient Greek
- χάρτης Ancient Greek
- χαρά Ancient Greek
- χαράσσω Ancient Greek
- χοραυλής Ancient Greek
- χορδά Ancient Greek
- χορδή Ancient Greek
- χορός Ancient Greek
- χράομαι Ancient Greek
- χρέος Ancient Greek
- χρή Ancient Greek
- χρεώ Ancient Greek
- χρηστός Ancient Greek
- χόριον Ancient Greek
- **gʷr̥H-ont- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʰr̥dʰós Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂ewlos Proto-Indo-European
- *kēr dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰer- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰer-, *ǵʰerH- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰorn- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰoros Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰortós Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰrzdeyom Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰr̥-t-ós Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰr̥sdeyom Proto-Indo-European
- *gernaz Proto-Germanic
- *gernô Proto-Germanic
- *gerstō Proto-Germanic
- *girnijaną Proto-Germanic
- *gurstaz Proto-Germanic
- *gurwijaz Proto-Germanic
- gors Old English
- हिर Sanskrit
- gorst Middle English
- cohorte Old French
- ordi Catalan, Valencian
- orz Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- garw Welsh
- gersta Old High German
- gerste Old High German
- taxlink, Hortensia Translingual
- garb Old Irish
- gerste Middle High German
- *gerstu gmw-pro
- *gersta Old Dutch
- orjo Old Portuguese
- *gari- Proto-Celtic
- *garwos Proto-Celtic
- *gerros Proto-Celtic
- *gre-lach Proto-Celtic
- ghéersta Cimbrian
- *ȷ́ʰraswás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- ordzu Aromanian
- Geerste Alemannic German
- òrdi Occitan
- ierdi Romansh
- üerdi Romansh
- vuardi Friulian
- órxo Venetian
- *garā Proto-Albanian
- vuarz Dalmatian
- gerst Mòcheno
- kartse Tocharian B
- *garunda Gaulish
- *kʰəřřō Proto-Hellenic
- *žirgt(e)y bat-pro