Etymology

aal

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Today it means: The Indian mulberry or noni (Morinda citrifolia, Morinda tinctoria), a shrub found in Southeast Asia, the East Indies and the Pacific islands as far as French Polynesia. Full definition →

Old High German ahu ← Proto-West Germanic *ahu
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aal · noun1

Compare Sanskrit अलाक (alāka, “crown flower; kind of dye”).

Aal · proper noun2

  1. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*ahu
  2. Old High German · derived fromahu“river, stream”
  3. English todayAal

From German, probably from a derivative of Old High German ahu (“river, stream”), from Proto-West Germanic *ahu, common in river names. Possibly influenced by Aal (“eel”).

Words from the same roots

Proto-West Germanic*ahu all →

aaeayeo

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