'timber' (Hes. Attic ὓλη hulê ) ( Cretan Doric ausos Attic alsos grove little forest. ( PIE *os- ash tree( OE . æsc ash tree),( Greek . οξυά oxya , Albanian ah ,beech),( Armenian . haci ash tree) ἀορτής aortês , 'swordsman' (Hes. ξιφιστής; Homer ἄορ áor 'sword'; Attic ἀορτήρ aortēr