List of Dacian plant names
This is a list of plant names in Dacian, surviving from ancient botanical works such as Dioscorides' De Materia Medica and Pseudo-Apuleius' Herbarius. Dacian plant names are one of the primary sources left to us for studying the Dacian language, an ancient language of South Eastern Europe. This list also includes a Bessian plant name and a Moesian plant name, both neighboring Daco-Thracian tribes.
A separate list exists containing Romanian words of possible Dacian origin that form the Eastern Romance substratum.
| Dacian | English | Botanical | Notes |
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| Amalusta, Amolusta, Amulusta | Chamomile | Matricaria recutita or Anthemis tinctoria | Herb. 23; possibly related to Albanian ëmbël, ambël "sweet". *lustu appears as a proto-Celtic word for "plant". |
| Aniarsexe, Aniassexie | Sainfoin a.k.a. Cock's Head | Onobrychis caput galii | - |
| Aprus | Gladwin Iris | Iris foetidissima | - |
| Arpopria, Arborria | Climbing Ivy | Hedera helix | - |
| Asa | Coltsfoot | Tussilago farfara | also a Bessian plant name. |
| Aurumetti, Aurimetellum | Cranesbill a.k.a. Crow's Foot, Wild Geranium ? | Geranium sylvaticum or Ranunculus serdous? | MM 2.175, Herb. 67 |
| Azila | Hound's Tongue | Cynoglossum | Probably a variant of Usazila |
| Bles, Blis | Purple Amaranth | Amaranthus blitum | - |
| Budalla, Budama, Budathala, Budathla | Anchusa | Anchusa italica | - |
| Caropithla, Karopithla |
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| Cercer, Cerceraphron, Kerker, Kerkeraphron | Pimpernel | Anagallis | - |
| Chodela, Khodela | Ground Pine | Lycopodium | - |
| , Cinuboila, Kinouboila, Kinuboila | a compound of kinu "dog" and oboila "apple", akin to Lithuanian šúnobuolas "wild pumpkin", Thracian dinupula, sinupyla "id" | ||
| Coadama, Koadama | Pondweed | Potamogeton zosteraefolium | - |
| Coicolida, Koikolida | Nightshade | Atropa belladonna | the first element koiko means "one-eyed" or "blind", and is akin to Latin caecus "blind", Irish caoch "one-eyed", Goth haihs "one-eyed", Sanskrit kekara "squint-eyed" |
| Cotiata, Kotiata | Switchgrass | Panicum dactylum | also refers to genus Agropyron? |
| Courionnecum, Couriounnecum, Curiounnecum, Kourionnekoum | Arum | Arum | - |
| Coustane, Croustane, Crustane, Custane, Koustane, Kroustane, Krustane, Kustane | Greater celandine or Lesser celandine | Chelidonium majus or Ranunculus ficaria | - |
| Cycolis, Kykolis | Groundcherry or Ashwagandha | Physalis sp. or Withania somnifera | - |
| Dacina, Dakina | the Moesian name for these plants was Mendruta | ||
| Dicotella | White Bryony | Bryonia alba | - |
| Dielina, Dielleina, Diellena | Henbane | Hyoscyamus niger | |
| Diesapter | Mullein | Verbascum | - |
| Diessathel | Wavyleaf Mullein | Verbascum sinuatum | from IE *diwes-sētlo; where the second element meant "sieve" |
| Diesema | Mullein | Verbascum | from IE *diyes eusmn. "burning sky" and similar to German Himmelbrand "mullein", literally "burning heavens". |
| Diodela, Duodela, Duodella, Ziodela | - | ||
| Dracontos | Rosemary | Rosmarinus officinalis | - |
| Dokela | Bugle | Ajuga iva | - |
| Dyn | Nettle | Urtica | - |
| Ebustrone | Lesser celandine | Ranunculus ficaria | From Pseudo-Apuleis |
| Gonoleta, Gouoleta, Guoleta, Guolete | Gromwell | Lithospermum tenuiflorum | Consumed as an oral contraceptive |
| Hormea, Hormia | Annual Clary | Salvia horminum | - |
| Lax | Purslane | Portulaca oleracea | Used as a laxative |
| Manteia, Mantia | Woolly Blackberry | Rubus tomentosus | - |
| Mendruta | Actually, a Moesian plant name | ||
| Mizela, Mizila, Mozula, Mouzula | Thyme | Thymus | - |
| Nemenepsa | Ground Pine | Lycopodium | - |
| Olma | Dwarf elder, Danewort | Sambucus ebulus | - |
| Parithia, Parthia | Dog's Tooth Grass | Cynodon ? | - |
| Pegrina | White Bryony | Bryonia alba | - |
| Phithophthethela | Maidenhair fern | Adiantum | - |
| Polpum | Dill | Anethum graveolens | - |
| Priadela, Priadila | White Bryony or Black Bryony | Bryonia alba or Tamus communis | - |
| Probedula, Procedila, Propedila, Propedula, Propodila | Creeping Cinquefoil | Potentilla reptans | Procedila< Prokedila, probably a scribal error for *Probedila, a graphic confusion between β/κ being rather common in Greek manuscripts. Compare to the Gaulish name for this plant, Pempedula. |
| Prodiarna, Prodiorna | Black Hellebore | Helleborus niger | - |
| Rathibida | Italian Aster | Aster amellus | - |
| Riborasta | Burdock | Arctium | - |
| Salia | - | ||
| Seba | Elderberry | Sambucus | - |
| Skiare | Wild Teasel | Dipsacus sylvestris or Dipsacus fullonum | - |
| Skinpoax, Sipoax, Spioax | Broadleaf Plantain | Plantago major | - |
| Sikupnoex, Sikupnux | Eryngo | Eryngium campestre | - |
| Stirsozila | Centaury | Centaurium erythraea, formerly classified as Erythraea centaurium | from Pseudo-Apuleis |
| Tanidila | Catmint | Nepeta | - |
| Teudila | Peppermint or Horsemint or Calamint? | Mentha x piperita or Mentha sylvestris or Calamintha? | - |
| Troutrastra, Trutrastra, Tutrastra | - | ||
| Toulbela, Tulbela | Centaury | Centaurium erythraea | - |
| Usazila | Hound's Tongue | Cynoglossum | Probably a variant of Azila |
| Zena | Poison Hemlock | Conium maculatum | - |
| Zired | Redstem Wormwood | Artemisia scoparia | - |
| Zououster, Zuste, Zuuster | Wormwood | Artemisia arborescens or campestris | - |