Prunus spinosa
Prunus spinosa (blackthorn or sloe) is a species o Prunus native tae Europe, wastren Asie, an locally in northwast Africae.[1][2]
[edit] Etymology
The wird "sloe" comes frae Auld Inglis Template:Lang-ang - the same wird is notit in Middle Law German (historically spoken in Lawer Saxony), Middle Dutch "sleuuwe" or contractit form "slē" (frae which come Modren Law German wirds: "Template:Lang-nds", "Template:Lang-nds", an Modren Dutch "Dutch: slee"), Auld Hie German "slēha", "slēwa" (frae which come Modren German "German: Schlehe". Aw these come frae Common Germanic ruit *slaiχwōn. Cf. West Slavic / Polish "Template:Lang-pl" plum o ony species, includin sloe "Template:Lang-pl" – root present in ither Slavic leids, e.g. Serbian/Croatian šljiva / шљива an likely tae be an early borraein intae Proto-Indo-European frae the leids o pre-Indo-European population o Europe.)
[edit] References
- ↑ Rushforth, K. (1999). Trees of Britain and Europe. Collins ISBN 0-00-220013-9.
- ↑ Den Virtuella Floran: Prunus spinosa map
