helyk

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *hėlɨg, from Proto-Celtic *salixs, from Proto-Indo-European *sl̥H-ik- (“willow”). Cognate with Welsh helyg, Breton halegen, Irish saileach, Scottish Gaelic seileach, Manx shellagh, Latin salix, Old English sealh and English sallow.

Pronunciation

(Revived Middle Cornish) IPA^(key): [ˈhɛlɪk]

Noun

helyk (collective, singulative helygen f)

willows (Salix)

Derived terms

helygles (“willow herb”)
helyk an Alpow (“Alpine willows”)
helyk an aver (“goat willows”)
helyk an avon (“river willows, pussy willows”)
helyk an gwylvos (“desert willows, flowering willows”)
helyk an kors (“American pussy willows”)
helyk an menydh (“mountain willows”)
helyk an Pyrenyow (“Pyrenean willows”)
helyk andhevri (“ambiguous sallows/willows”)
helyk Apua (“Apuan willows”)
helyk arghansek an tewynn (“silvery creeping willows”)
helyk arktek (“polar willows”)
helyk Bedford (“Bedford willows”)
helyk byghan (“least willows”)
helyk del te (“tea-leaved willows”)
helyk du (“black willows”)
helyk frynkek (“almond willows”)
helyk glas (“bluish willows”)
helyk glasdhelek (“blue-leaved willows”)
helyk guwdhel (“halberd willows”)
helyk gwel (“osiers”)
helyk gwlanek (“wooly willows”)
helyk gwynn (“white willows”)
helyk gwyrdhlas (“cricket-bat willows”)
helyk hirdhel (“long-leaved willows”)
helyk hweg (“bay willows”)
helyk krack (“crack willows”)
helyk Lagger (“Lagger's willows”)
helyk Lappdir (“downy willows”)
helyk loos (“grey willows”)
helyk loswynn (“hoary willows”)
helyk lusdel (“whortle-leaved willows”)
helyk mool (“hairless willows”)
helyk olewdhel (“common sallows”)
helyk Ostri (“Austrian willows”)
helyk owrek (“golden willows”)
helyk pali (“silky willows”)
helyk Pow Swis (“Swiss willows”)
helyk purpur (“violet willows”)
helyk roosek (“net-leaved willows”)
helyk rudhlas (“purple willows”)
helyk soghdhel (“retuse-leaved willows”)
helyk tewl (“dark-leaved willows”)
helyk-devera (“weeping willows”)
helyk-devera owrek (“golden weeping willows”)
helyk-kramya (“creeping willows”)