sauch

Scots

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English salgh, variant of salow (“willow”), from Old English sealh, from Proto-West Germanic *salh, from Proto-Germanic *salhaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sh₂lk-, *sh₂lik-. Compare English sallow.

Noun

sauch (plural sauchs)

  1. (archaic) willow
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