Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “h₂élis-”

55 words across 30 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European h₂élis- — including Aldershot, alder, alderwood, alderfly, aldern, al, els, alksnis.

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English (6)

Polish (4)

Norwegian Nynorsk (4)

Proto-Germanic (4)

Latvian (3)

Esperanto (3)

Serbo-Croatian (3)

Swedish (2)

Danish (2)

Old Norse (2)

Norwegian Bokmål (2)

Middle English (2)

Dutch (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Proto-Indo-European (1)

Westrobothnian (1)

French (1)

Slovak (1)

Slovene (1)

Scots (1)

Old English (1)

Proto-Slavic (1)

Lower Sorbian (1)

German (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)

Old High German (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Proto-Balto-Slavic (1)

Frankish (1)

Middle Dutch (1)