http://druidjournal.net/word-of-the-day/2007/07/14/oak/ At the Crossroads of Sound and Meaning Mon, 13 Oct 2008 02:28:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://druidjournal.net/word-of-the-day/2007/07/14/oak/#comment-314 Druid Journal Word of the Day » Blog Archive » Tree Fri, 28 Sep 2007 15:05:48 +0000 http://druidjournal.net/word-of-the-day/2007/07/14/oak/#comment-314 [...] Tree is from Proto Indo European deru or doru, which meant “oak tree”. The oak tree was so central and sacred to the ancient Indo Europeans that in many of the daughter languages, including English, the word for “oak” was simply extended to mean all trees everywhere. It’s also the root of true, truce, betroth, truth, trust, dryad, rhododendron, and of course druid. The oak tree itself may have been too holy to have its name spoken; in any case, its name oak has an unknown origin — see oak. [...] [...] Tree is from Proto Indo European deru or doru, which meant “oak tree”. The oak tree was so central and sacred to the ancient Indo Europeans that in many of the daughter languages, including English, the word for “oak” was simply extended to mean all trees everywhere. It’s also the root of true, truce, betroth, truth, trust, dryad, rhododendron, and of course druid. The oak tree itself may have been too holy to have its name spoken; in any case, its name oak has an unknown origin — see oak. [...]

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