Proto-Turkic: *ilme
Meaning: 1 asp-tree 2 elm-tree
Russian meaning: 1 осина 2 ильм, вяз
Tatar: elmä 2
Chuvash: jǝʷlme 2
Noghai: elmen 1
Balkar: elme 1
Kumyk: elme 2
Comments: VEWT 338, Егоров 78, Федотов 1, 194, Дмитриева 189, Лексика 126. The word is attested late (like many tree names), but borrowing from Russ. ильм is hardly possible; the Russian word, usually considered a Germanism (MHG ilme etc.), may equally well be explained as a Turkism (see Егоров ibid.). The resemblance of PT *ilme and PIE *l̥mo- / *olmo- is interesting, but probably accidental (if the Turkic word indeed goes back to PA *p`i̯ule).
