jelьša

olьša; jelьša Grammatical information: f. jā Accent paradigm: a Proto-Slavic meaning: `alder'

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Czech:

olše `alder' [f jā];

jelše (dial.) `alder' [f jā]

Polish:

olsza `alder' [f jā]

Upper Sorbian:

wólša `alder' [f jā]

Lower Sorbian:

wolša `alder' [f jā]

Serbo-Croatian:

jȅlša `alder' [f jā]

Slovene:

ję́ɫša `alder' [f jā];

ǫ́ɫša `alder' [f jā]

Proto-Balto-Slavic reconstruction: a/elisaH;; a/el(i)snio-

Lithuanian:

al̃ksnis, el̃ksnis `alder' [m io] 2;

alìksnis (E. dial.) `alder' [m io] 2;

álksna, élksna (dial.) `alder thicket, place where alders grow, marsh, dale' [f ā] 1

Latvian:

àlksnis, èlksnis (dial.) `alder' [m io];

àlksna, ęlksna (E. dial.) `alder thicket, swampy place' \{2\}

Indo-European reconstruction: h₂eliseh₂

IE meaning: alder

Certainty: -

Page in Pokorny: 302-303

Comments: See *olь̀xa.

Other cognates:

Lat. alnus `alder'

;

Span. aliso `alder'

;

Mac. ἄλιζα `white poplar';

OHG elira, erila `alder' [f];

OE alor `alder'

;

OIc. ǫlr `alder'

, jǫlstr `alder' [f] \{2\}