kelp

Mane (Îngilîzî)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Any of several large brown algae seaweeds (order Laminariales).
2. (countable, uncountable) The calcined ashes of seaweed, formerly used in glass and iodine manufacture.

Verb

To gather kelp.

Hevwate

wrack

brown alga

seaweed

tang

laminaria

horned pondweed

tangle

vraic

combo

sea tangle

konbu seaweed

sea tang

devil’s apron

rockweed

phycocolloids

seaweed products

black rockweed

bladder fucus

drone

moss

bladderwrack

Werger

varech

zeewier

Kelp

fuco

Tang

alga

kelp

Seetang

goémon

bruinwier

fucus

laminaire

varec

blaaswier

fuco

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

/kɛlp/

Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

Ji Middle English mîras hatiye girtin: culp

In summary

From Middle English culp, culpe, of uncertain origin; possibly from Old English *colba, *colfa, from Proto-West Germanic *kolbō (“bulb, cob”), from Proto-Germanic *kulbaz (“round object, club”). Compare Middle High German kolbe (“clublike plant”), Old Norse kolfr (“bulb of a plant”).