willow
English
/ˈwɪl.əʊ/, /ˈwɪloʊ/
noun
Definitions
- Any of various deciduous trees or shrubs in the genus Salix, in the willow family Salicaceae, found primarily on moist soils in cooler zones in the northern hemisphere.
- The wood of these trees.
- (cricket) A cricket bat.
- (baseball) The baseball bat.
- A rotating spiked drum used to open and clean cotton heads.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English wilwe derived from Old English weliġ (willow) derived from *wilig derived from Proto-Indo-European *welik-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*welik-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Willoughby English
- bush English
- bushwillow English
- button English
- buttonwillow English
- herb English
- vimen English
- willowed English
- willowherb English
- willowiness English
- willowish English
- willowless English
- willowlike English
- willowware English
- willowy English
- vieō Latin
- vimen Latin
- *welik- Proto-Indo-European
- *wéh₁imn̥ Proto-Indo-European
- *wélḱ-u- Proto-Indo-European
- weliġ Old English
- weli Middle English
- wilwe Middle English
- *welag gmw-pro
- *wilig gmw-pro
- mwilo Swahili
- 𒌑𒂖𒆪 Hittite