leem

Significat (Anglès)

1. (masculine, neuter, no-diminutive, uncountable) loam
2. (masculine, neuter, no-diminutive, uncountable) adobe

Conceptes

argila

fang

marga

Sinònims

klei

menggrond

Traduccions

loam

clay

Lehm

argile

barro

argilla

glaise

arcilla

Ton

mud

argilla

terreau

πηλός

άργιλος

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de Old Dutch: leimo

Cognat amb anglès: lair

Cognat amb nòrdic antic: leira

In summary

Inherited from Middle Dutch lême, from Old Dutch lēmo, from Proto-West Germanic *laimō, from Proto-Germanic *laimô, variant of *laimaz (“glue”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH- (“to smear”). Compare dialectal English lair (“a bog, a mire”), Old Norse leira (“muddy beach”).