lum

Signification (Anglais)

1. (Northern-England, Scotland) A chimney; also, the top part of a chimney.
2. (Northern-England, Scotland, specifically) A chimney; also, the top part of a chimney.

Synonymes

trolley

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/lʌm/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Appartenant à français: lumière

Appartenant à gallois: llumon

Appartenant à vieux norrois: lundr

Appartenant à danois: lund

Appartenant à norvégien bokmål: lund

Appartenant à norvégien nynorsk: lund

Appartenant à suédois: lund

In summary

Borrowed from Scots lum, Early Scots lumb; further etymology uncertain, but probably from Cumbric *lümon, related to Welsh llumon (“chimney”) (obsolete), from Proto-Celtic *loimono. Possibly at least influenced by Old French lum (“light”), lume (“cooking fire”) (compare French lumière (“light; cavity or channel within a tube or tubular organ, lumen; opening”)), from Latin lūmen (“light; light source; opening through which light can penetrate such as an air-hole or window; opening or orifice in a water-pipe or funnel”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright; to see; to shine”).