salow

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old English sealh, from Proto-West Germanic *salh, from Proto-Germanic *salhaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sh₂lk-, *sh₂lik-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsalɔu̯/, /ˈsaluː/, /salx/
  • IPA(key): /ˈsaliu̯/ (especially Southern, South Midland)

Noun

salow (plural salowes)

  1. A willow (tree of the genus Salix)
    Synonym: wylow

Descendants

  • English: sallow, sally, selly
  • Middle Scots: sauch, sawch

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