choker (piece of jewelry worn close to the throat) · clerical collar; dog collar
çekim: çoğul alzacuellos
eş: cuello, sobrecuello, collarín
köken: Verb-object compound, composed of alza (“to raise”) + cuello (“neck”). Calque of Middle French housecol, houchecol (modern French hausse-col). First attested in 1580.
ox-eye daisy, oxeye daisy, dog daisy, marguerite, Leucanthemum vulgare · daisy (any resembling wild flowering plant of the Asteraceae family, with a yellow head and white petals)
köken: Inherited from Middle Welsh llygat, from Old Welsh licat, from Proto-Brythonic *llugad, from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“to see”). Cognate with Cornish lagas (“eye”), Breton lagad (“eye”), Sanskrit लोचन (locana, “eye”)
präst (“priest”) + krage (“collar”). The botanical sense due to its similarity with a ruff, worn by Swedish priests until the 17th century. Cf. Norwegian Nynorsk prestekrage. False friend of Danish præstekrave.