salow

Middle English

Alternative forms

salew, salgh, salghe, salȝe, sallow, salowe, salu, saluh, salwe, salwh, salwhe, saly, salyh

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/, /ˈsaliu̯/, /salx/

Noun

salow (plural salowes)

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

Descendants

English: sallow, sally, selly
Scots: sauch

References

“salou(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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