gorse

Betekenis (Engels)

An evergreen shrub, of the genus Ulex, having thorns, spiny leaves, and yellow flowers.

Sinonieme

furze

whin

Irish gorse

Ulex europaeus

thorn

aliaga

carqueja

chucero

common gorse

espino amarillo

Ulex

maticorena

tojo

barb

gorze

prick

skylark

spit

Vertalings

tojo

ajonc

tojo

Stechginster

argelaga

ginestrone

aulaga

retamo espinoso

ajoncs

aliaga

genêt

🧹

Ginster

🧹

gatosa

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ɡɔɹs/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: gorst

Geërf van Old English: gors

Verwante met Duits: Gerste

Verwante met Latyn: hordeum

In summary

From Middle English gorst, gors, from Old English gors, gorst, from Proto-West Germanic *gorst, from Proto-Germanic *gurstaz or Proto-West Germanic *gerstu (“barley”).
Akin to German Gerste (“barley”) and Latin hordeum (“barley”). Also compare Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- (“to bristle”), whence Proto-Celtic *garwos.