sauch

Middle English

Noun

sauch

  1. (Early Scots) alternative form of salow

Scots

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Early Scots salch, sauch, from Old English sealh, from Proto-West Germanic *salh, from Proto-Germanic *salhaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sh₂lk-, *sh₂lik-. Compare English sallow.

Noun

sauch (plural sauchs)

  1. (archaic) willow