alksnis

Pronunciation: [àlksnis]

“alksnis” is a Latvian word. Its meaning in English:

noun

alder (species of tree of the genus Alnus, esp. A. glutinosa or A. incana)

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *el(i)sni̯a, *al(i)sni̯a (with an epenthetic k between the l and the s), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élis- with a suffix -nyo, from the root *el-, *ol-, *h₂él- “reddish brown color.” Cognates include Lithuanian al̃ksnis, dialectal el̃ksnis, Old Prussian abskande (= [aliskande] < *al(i)skands < *al(i)skans < *al(i)skṇs < *al(i)ksnas), Proto-Slavic *elьxa < *elisā (Russian ольха́…

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