sauch
Middle English
Noun
sauch
- (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)
- (archaic) willow