nim

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

Noun

A game in which players take turns removing objects from heaps.

Verb

1. (obsolete) To take or seize.
2. (slang) To filch, steal, pilfer.
3. To walk with short, quick strides; trip along.

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/nɪm/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

From Middle English nimen, from Old English niman (“to take”), from Proto-West Germanic *neman, from Proto-Germanic *nemaną (“to take”), from Proto-Indo-European *nem- (“to give or take one's due”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian nieme (“to take”), West Frisian nimme (“to take”), Dutch nemen (“to take”), Low German nehmen (“to take”), German nehmen (“to take”), Danish nemme (“to learn, grasp”). Related to numb and nimble.