Holm

Significado (Inglés)

1. (masculine,strong) rail, bar (on which to hold on to)
2. (masculine,strong) spar

Sinónimos

Werder

kleine Insel

Balken

Dorn

Hauptbalken

Barrenholm

Wörth

Flussinsel

Werth

Wange

Inselchen

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/hɔlm/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Tomado de Middle Low German: holm

Relativo a inglés: helm

Tomado de Middle Low German: -

Relativo a inglés: holm

Relativo a dinamarqués: holm

Relativo a sueco: holme

Relativo a islandés: hólmi

In summary

Probably from Middle Low German holm (“girt”), from Old Saxon *helma, from Proto-West Germanic *helmō, which pertains to the Germanic root *helmô (compare English helm).
Older theories derive it from the plural of dialectal Hulbe (“beam”) with -ben → -m (a rather common development in German). This seems less likely, particularly since Holm was spread by Jahn, who introduced several Low German dialect words to the standard.