Where does “alaskaösp” come from?

alaskaösp (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic Alaska, from English Alaska, from Russian Аля́ска, from Aleut alaxsxaq — that toward which the action of the sea is...

alaskaösp (Icelandic): black cottonwood, California poplar (Populus trichocarpa)

Definitions

  1. black cottonwood, California poplar (Populus trichocarpa)

Ancestry of “alaskaösp”, step by step

alaskaösp traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic Alaska

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1IcelandicAlaskaAlaska
2EnglishAlaskaEllipsis of baked Alaska
3RussianАля́ска—
4Aleutalaxsxaqthat toward which the action of the sea is...

via Icelandic ösp

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicöspaspen, poplar
2Old Norseǫspaspen, poplar Populus tremula
3Proto-Germanicaspōn—
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanHosp-aspen, poplar
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