thistel
Middle English
/ˈθistəl/
noun
Definitions
- thistle a plant belonging to the genus Carduus
- thistle any spiky or prickly perennial composite plant
Etymology
Inherited from Old English þistel inherited from Proto-Germanic *þistilaz.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*þistilaz
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- starthistle English
- thistle English
- thistledown English
- thistlelike English
- thistletail English
- thistlewarp English
- thistly English
- wood-thistle English
- *steyg- Proto-Indo-European
- *þistilaz Proto-Germanic
- wuduþistel Old English
- þistel Old English
- þistill Old Norse
- distil Old High German
- *thistil Old Dutch