holm

Senso (Inglese)

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.

Concetti

leccio

sinonimi

flood-lands

holm oak

water-meadow

holly-tree

holm-oak

Traduzioni

alzina

yeuse

Steineiche

encina

هولم

Quercus ilex

waard

steeneik

euse

ausina

Quercus ilex

aulina

rouvre

ilex

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/həʊm/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: holm

Ereditato da inglese antico: holm

Affine Old Saxon: holm

Affine Middle Low German: holm

Affine tedesco: Holm

Affine olandese medio: holm

Affine danese: holm

Affine svedese: holme

Affine norvegese bokmål: holme

Affine islandese: 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.