Walm

(Engels)

a bevelled roof, particularly if triangular and in a gable

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelhoogduits: walbe

Overgenomen van Oudhoogduits: walbo

Verwant aan Oudnoors: hvalf

Verwant aan Oudengels: hwealf

In summary

From Middle High German walbe, from Old High German walbo (“vault; vaulted roof”), from Proto-Germanic *hwalbô. Related to Old Norse hvalf, Old English hwealf. See whelm.

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