Woad in other languages
Woad is so old that the proto-Indo-Europeans (Early Bronze Age 2000 to 1500 BC) already knew the plant and had a word for it. See Barber
These are some of the names for Woad used in other languages;
Woad (English) Wad (Anglo-Saxon, old English) Der Waid (German) Waizda or Waida (old Pan-Germanic) Wede (Dutch) Gučde (French) Guado (Italian) Gualda (Spanish) Glaisin (old Irish) Glasrac (modern Scots-Gaelic) Glesyn (Welsh, the blue one¯) (courtesy Margiad Roberts) Herba Pastell (Catalan) Hierba pastel (Spanish) Isatis (Greek) Isatis, Isate (Portuguese) Pastel-dos-tintureiros (Portuguese) Pastel des teinturiers (French) Urzet (Polish) Vaida (Russian) Vajd (Danish) Värimorsinko or Morsinko (Finnish) Vejde (Swedish) Vejt (Czech) Vitro (Latin) جلينلا (Arabic), al Nilj, pronounced Neelj (courtesy Wayne Belk)
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