- ἄλιζα
- ἄλιζαGrammatical information: f.Meaning: ἡ λεύκη τὸ δένδρον (τῶν -ῶν ms.), Μακεδόνες H. `Populus alba, abele'.Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Eur.XEtymology: Kretschmer Glotta 15, 305f., 22, 104f. compared OHG elira, Goth. *alisa in Span. alisa, Russ. olьxa `alder'; old Germanic place and river name, z. B. Alisa (Krahe Beitr. z. Namenforschung 3, 165ff.). This word seems non-IE. (For European substratum words in Greek see Beekes, 2000 [125 J. Idg.] 21ff.) Here also the Thessalian placename Όλιζών. Hatzidakis Glotta 23, 268ff. assumes a loan in Macedonian from a northern language. Hatzidakis supposes that the suffix is the same as in ρίζα, φύζα, κόνυζα. Otherwise Barić and Pisani, s. Mayer Glotta 32, 46f. S. Kalléris, Anc. Mac. 1, 90-94.Page in Frisk: 1,73
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.