quercus
Latin
noun
Definitions
- An oak, oak-tree, especially the Italian oak.
- (poetic) Of things made from oak wood.
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Italic *kʷerkus derived from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥kʷéu-, *pérkus (oak) derived from Old Norse fýri (coniferous forest, pine-wood).
Origin
Old Norse
fýri
Gloss
coniferous forest, pine-wood
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- fir English
- firbound English
- firless English
- firlike English
- firmoss English
- firry English
- firtree English
- firwood English
- jointfir English
- quercitannin English
- quercivorous English
- *cerquus Latin
- Querquerni Latin
- querceus Latin
- alcornoque Spanish, Castilian
- *perkʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- *pr̥kʷéu-, *pérkus Proto-Indo-European
- *pérkus Proto-Indo-European
- *furhiją Proto-Germanic
- *furhiþją Proto-Germanic
- fyrh Old English
- firre Middle English
- fýri Old Norse
- querquetum Old Norse
- carqueixa Galician
- cerqueiro Galician
- cerquiño Galician
- *kʷerkus Proto-Italic
- kvär Volapük
- القرنق Mozarabic