holly (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex) · knee holly, butcher's broom (Ruscus aculeatus, “kleine Stechpalme”)
çekim: çoğul Stechpalmen · tamlayan Stechpalmen
eş: Hülse, Hulstbaum, Ilex, Ilex aquifolium
köken: stechen (“to prick”) + Palme (“palm”), acquiring this name in the 16th century for being a common replacement plant for Palm Sunday, compare the history of Polish ożanka (“germander, Teucrium”), Poland being outside the range of the European holly, earlier also called Stechbaum, Stechdorn, Stechlaub, Stecheiche, Stechwinde, Stechapfel, Stacheleiche, Walddistel, Zwieseldorn, Mäusedorn, Myrtendorn,…
holly (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)
çekim: çoğul azevinhos
köken: Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese *azevinno, diminutive of *azevo (Compare Spanish acebo, Galician acivro, acevo), from Vulgar Latin *acifolium, from Latin aquifolium.
köken: Possibly from Proto-Basque *golosti, but the ultimate origin is unknown. Perhaps a Mediterranean Wanderwort also found in Sardinian golosti, colostri (“holly”) and Ancient Greek κήλαστρος (kḗlastros, “holly”). Beyond Sardinian and Greek, which clearly bear some resemblance to Basque, other putative cognates have been proposed. Some authors also cite Ticinese ğüštrún, šištrún (“whortleberry,…
köken: From Proto-Brythonic *kolɨn, from Proto-Celtic *kolinos (compare Old Irish cuilenn m (“(wood of the) holly-tree”), Cornish kelyn, Breton kelenn), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱol- (“thorn, thorny plant”) (compare English holly), from *ḱel- (“to cut”).