Proto-Slavic *elьxa

→ Lower Sorbian wólša (mention)

→ Latvian alksnis (cognate)

→ Romanian Ilfov (compound)

→ Russian ольха (inherited)

→ Serbo-Croatian jelša (derived)

→ Serbo-Croatian jova (derived)

→ Serbo-Croatian јова (derived)

→ Serbo-Croatian joha (derived)

→ Serbo-Croatian јоха (derived)

→ Serbo-Croatian јелша (derived)

→ Slovak jelša (inherited)

→ Slovene jelša (inherited)