Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “h₂élisos”

55 words across 28 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European h₂élisos — including Aldershot, alder, alderwood, alderfly, aldern, al, els, olcha.

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English (6)

Serbo-Croatian (6)

Polish (4)

Norwegian Nynorsk (4)

Proto-Germanic (4)

Esperanto (3)

Swedish (2)

Danish (2)

Proto-Slavic (2)

Old Norse (2)

Norwegian Bokmål (2)

Middle English (2)

Dutch (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Russian (1)

Westrobothnian (1)

French (1)

Slovak (1)

Slovene (1)

Scots (1)

Old English (1)

Lower Sorbian (1)

German (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)

Old High German (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Frankish (1)

Middle Dutch (1)