different between burch vs alder

Middle Dutch

Noun

burch f

1. Alternative form of borch

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English alder, aller, from Old English alor, from Proto-West Germanic *alu?u, from Proto-Germanic *aluz, *alus? (compare Swedish al, Saterland Frisian äller(boom)), variant of *aliz?, *alis? (compare Dutch els, German Erle, Norwegian or), from Proto-Indo-European *h?élis- (compare Hittite [script needed] (alanza(n)), Latin alnus, Latvian al?ksnis, Polish olcha, Albanian halë (“black pine”), Ancient Macedonian (Hesychius) ????? (áliza, “white poplar”)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???ld?/
• (US, Canada)
  • (without cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /??ld?/
  • (with cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /??ld?/

Noun

alder (plural alders)

1. Any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Alnus, belonging to the birch family.

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

Clipping of alderman.

Noun

alder (plural alders)

1. An alderman or alderwoman.

Anagrams

• Adler, Alred, Eldar, Leard, Radel, Radle, lader, lared

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish aldær, from Old Norse aldr, from Proto-Germanic *aldr?.

Noun

alder c (singular definite alderen, plural indefinite aldre)

1. age

Inflection

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse aldr, from Proto-Germanic *aldr?. Akin to ale (“to raise”), from ala.

Noun

alder m (definite singular alderen, indefinite plural aldere or aldre or aldrer, definite plural alderne or aldrene)

1. age

Derived terms

References

• “alder” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse aldr, from Proto-Germanic *aldr?. Akin to ale (“to raise”), from ala.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ld?r/

Noun

alder m (definite singular alderen, indefinite plural aldrar, definite plural aldrane)

1. age

Derived terms

References

• “alder” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse allr, from Proto-Germanic *allaz.

Adjective

alder

1. all
2. whole, complete

Declension

Descendants

• Swedish: all

Etymology 2

From Old Norse aldr, from Proto-Germanic *aldr?.

Noun

alder m

1. lifetime
2. age; how old someone or something is
3. age, era
4. old age

Declension

Descendants

• Swedish: ålder