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alder (tree of the genus Alnus)
Meaning & usage
alder (tree of the genus Alnus)
Where this word comes from
From Middle Dutch else, from Old Dutch *alisa, from Frankish *alisu, from Proto-Germanic *alisō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élis-. Compare German Erle, English alder, Danish el, Norwegian older, Icelandic elri.
awl
bodkin
Where this word comes from
From Middle Dutch elsene, from Old Dutch [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *alisnō, *alusnō. Related to *ēlō, whence Dutch aal, German Ahle, English awl.
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