Mêtî

aesculus

Mane (Îngilîzî)

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

Hevwate

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin
[ˈae̯s.kʊ.ɫʊs]
Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

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”).

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