wylow

See also: wyłów

Middle English

Alternative forms

• welew, weleygh, welo, welogh, welou, wely, whilwh, wilew, wilghe, wilou, wilowh, wilwe, wylew, wylgh, wylugh, wylw

Etymology

Inherited from Old English welig, from Proto-West Germanic *wilig, from Proto-Germanic *wiligaz, from Proto-Indo-European *welik-, *weliḱ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwilɔu̯/, /ˈwiliu̯/, /ˈwiliː/, /wilx/, /ˈwɛl-/

Noun

wylow (plural wylowes)

1. A willow (tree of the genus Salix)

   Synonym: salow

Descendants

• English: willow
• Scots: willy, willie

References

• “wilwe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.