ornus

Senso (Inglese)

1. (declension-2, feminine) a mountain ash tree, rowan tree
2. (declension-2, feminine) a lance made of the wood of an ash

Concetti

frassino

sinonimi

fraxinus

Traduzioni

Esche

ash

mountain ash

fresno

frêne

φράξος

δεσποτάκι

es

fraisse

freixo

freixe

dişbudak

Eschenbaum

μελιά

Pronunciato come (IPA)

[ˈɔr.nʊs]

Etimologia (Inglese)

From Proto-Indo-European *Heh₃s-. Cognate with Old English æsc (“ash tree; spear (poetic)”). See also English ash.
Compare typologically Russian дуби́на (dubína) (< дуб (dub)). Also compare Ancient Greek δόρυ (dóru, “wood, tree, stem; spear shaft, spear, lance, pole”) (< Proto-Indo-European *dóru). Also compare ferrum (“iron; iron tool; sword; …”).