aesculus

Bedeutung (Englisch)

the tallest species of oak, the winter oak or Italian oak (with edible acorns), sacred to Jupiter

Konzepte

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Synonyme

quercus

Übersetzungen

بلوط

roure

δρυς

βαλανιδιά

oak

oak tree

chêne

quercia

eik

eikeboom

casse

carvalho

roble

meşe

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

[ˈae̯s.kʊ.ɫʊs]

Etymologie (Englisch)

Etymology unclear. By surface analysis, seemingly a diminutive form ending in -ulus (diminutive suffix).
Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ- (“oak”), or from a Mediterranean substrate, though the presence of a Germanic cognate is surprising. Compare English oak, Lithuanian ąžuolas (“oak”), Albanian enjë (“juniper, yew”), Ancient Greek αἰγίλωψ (aigílōps, “Turkey oak”).