elester

Cornish

Elestren

Etymology

From Old Cornish elestren, from Proto-Brythonic *ėlestr, from Proto-Celtic *aliskstros.

Compare Welsh and Breton elestr, Irish soilestar (from Old Irish seilisdeir), and Late Latin alestrāre.[1] Possibly cognate with Ancient Greek ἄλισμα (álisma).[2]

Noun

elester (collective, singulative elestren f)

  1. flag, yellow iris; Iris pseudacorus

References

  1. ^ Alexander Macbain (1911), An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, page 307
  2. ^ Whitley Stokes (1879), Old-Breton Glosses ..., page 3
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