elm

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (countable) A tree of the genus Ulmus of the family Ulmaceae, large deciduous trees with alternate stipulate leaves and small apetalous flowers.
2. (attributive, uncountable, usually) Wood from an elm tree.

Sinonieme

elm tree

elmwood

Ulmaceae

Ulmus pumila

American elm

rock elm

Vertalings

olmo

orme

Ulme

olmo

iep

olmo

olm

om

ulmeiro

ulmus

φτελιά

λεύκα

karaağaç

Ulmus

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ɛlm/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: elme

Geërf van Old English: elm

Verwante met Nederduits: Elm

Verwante met Duits: Ilm

Verwante met Duits: Ilme

Verwante met Noors: -

Verwante met Sweeds: alm

Verwante met Iers: leamh

Verwante met Latyn: ulmus

Verwante met Albanees: ulzë

In summary

From Middle English elme, elm, from Old English elm, from Proto-West Germanic *elm, from Proto-Germanic *elmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁élem (“mountain elm”).
See also dialectal Low German Elm, dialectal German Ilm, archaic German Ilme, Norwegian and Swedish alm; also Irish leamh, Latin ulmus, Albanian ulzë (“maple”).