edhel

Cornish

Etymology

From Old Cornish aidlen sg, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *Hosp-. Cognate with Breton elv and Welsh aethnen (“aspen”), and more distantly Proto-Germanic *aspō (see there for more).

Noun

edhel (collective, singulative edhlen f)

  1. poplars (genus Populus)

Derived terms

  • edhel Amerika (“quaking aspens”)
  • edhel du (“black poplars”)
  • edhel gwynn (“white poplars”)
  • edhel Kanada (“hybrid black poplars”)
  • edhel Lombardi (“Lombardy poplars”)
  • edhel loos (“grey poplars”)
  • edhel melyseth (“western balsam poplars”)
  • edhel-krena (“aspens”)

Further reading

  • “edhlen” in Cornish Dictionary / Gerlyver Kernewek, Akademi Kernewek.
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