holm

Significado (Inglés)

1. Small island, islet.
2. An island in a lake, river or estuary; an eyot.
3. (Orkney, Scotland, dialectal) Any small island, but especially one near a larger island or the mainland, sometimes with holly bushes; an islet, often in Norse-influenced place-names.
4. Rich flat land near a river, prone to flooding.

Sinónimos

flood-lands

holm oak

water-meadow

holly-tree

holm-oak

Traducións

yeuse

Steineiche

alzina

encina

هولم

Quercus ilex

Quercus ilex

waard

steeneik

euse

ausina

ilex

aulina

rouvre

leccio

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/həʊm/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Herdado de Middle English: holm

Herdado de Old English: holm

Relativo a Old Saxon: holm

Relativo a Middle Low German: holm

Relativo a alemán: Holm

Relativo a Middle Dutch: holm

Relativo a dinamarqués: holm

Relativo a sueco: holme

Relativo a noruegués bokmål: holme

Relativo a islandés: hólmur

In summary

From Middle English holm, holme, from Old English holm (“wave, ocean, water, sea, islet”) and Old Norse holmr, holmi (“islet”), both from the Proto-Germanic *hulmaz (“rising ground, hill, island”), from Proto-Indo-European root *kelH- (“to rise, be elevated, be prominent; hill”).
Cognate with Old Saxon holm, Middle Low German holm, German Holm, Middle Dutch holm, Danish holm, Swedish holme, Norwegian Bokmål holme, Icelandic hólmur.