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Dutch
Frangula alnus
Etymology
The first element derives, with metathesis, from Middle Dutchsproc(“twig, faggot”) (whence sprokkelen(“to gather ”), sprokkelhout(“brushwood”)), perhaps in reference to the brittleness of the wood: compare the genus name Frangula, deriving from Latinfrangulus(“fragile”), and also the dialectal Dutch adjective sprok(“brittle, fragile”). The second element is hout(“wood”).
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