hazel
English
/ˈheɪzəl/
noun
Definitions
- (countable) A tree or shrub of the genus Corylus, bearing edible nuts called hazelnuts or filberts.
- (countable) The nut of the hazel tree.
- (uncountable) The wood of a hazelnut tree.
- (countable) A greenish-brown colour, the colour of a ripe hazelnut.
- (mining) freestone
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English hasel inherited from Old English hæsl (hazel, shrub) inherited from Proto-Germanic *hasalaz (hazel) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *koselos (hazel).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*koselos
Gloss
hazel
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Hazelton English
- Hazelwood English
- hazeline English
- hazelly English
- hazelnut English
- hazelnutlike English
- hazelnutty English
- hazelwood English
- hazelwort English
- nut English
- wood English
- wort English
- coruletum Latin
- corulus Latin
- Hasel German
- Haselhuhn German
- Haselnuss German
- hazel Dutch, Flemish
- hazelaar Dutch, Flemish
- κόρυλος Ancient Greek
- *koselos Proto-Indo-European
- *hasalaz Proto-Germanic
- hassel Swedish
- hasselmus Swedish
- hasselnöt Swedish
- ヘーゼルナッツ Japanese
- hæsl Old English
- hasel Middle English
- haselen Middle English
- haselnote Middle English
- coll Irish
- हेज़लनट Hindi
- coll Old Irish
- *koslos Proto-Celtic
- hæsli Old Swedish