elester

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Cornish

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Etymology

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From Latin salicastrum.[1] Compare Welsh and Armoric elestr, Irish soilestar (from Old Irish seilisdeir), and Late Latin alestrāre.[2] Possibly cognate with Ancient Greek ἄλισμα (álisma).[3]

Noun

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elester m (singulative elestren)

  1. (collective) flag, yellow iris

References

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  1. ^ Y Cymmrodor, 1880, page 28
  2. ^ Alexander Macbain (1911) An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, page 307
  3. ^ Whitley Stokes (1879) Old-Breton Glosses ..., page 3
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