elm

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (countable) A tree of the genus Ulmus of the family Ulmaceae, large deciduous trees with alternate stipulate leaves and small apetalous flowers.
2. (attributive, uncountable, usually) Wood from an elm tree.

Concepten

iep

olm

iepeboom

iepenboom

Iep

Synoniemen

elm tree

elmwood

Ulmaceae

Ulmus pumila

American elm

rock elm

Vertalingen

olmo

orme

Ulme

olmo

olmo

om

ulmeiro

ulmus

φτελιά

λεύκα

karaağaç

Ulmus

ulmo

Rüster

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ɛlm/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: elme

Overgenomen van Oudengels: elm

Verwant aan Nedersaksisch: Elm

Verwant aan Duits: Ilm

Verwant aan Duits: Ilme

Verwant aan Noors: -

Verwant aan Zweeds: alm

Verwant aan Iers: leamh

Verwant aan Latijn: ulmus

Verwant aan Albanees: ulzë

In summary

From Middle English elme, elm, from Old English elm, from Proto-West Germanic *elm, from Proto-Germanic *elmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁élem (“mountain elm”).
See also dialectal Low German Elm, dialectal German Ilm, archaic German Ilme, Norwegian and Swedish alm; also Irish leamh, Latin ulmus, Albanian ulzë (“maple”).