leem

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (masculine, neuter, no-diminutive, uncountable) loam
2. (masculine, neuter, no-diminutive, uncountable) adobe

Synoniemen

klei

menggrond

Vertalingen

loam

Lehm

clay

argile

barro

argilla

glaise

Ton

arcilla

creta

terreau

argilla

mud

πηλός

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Old Dutch: leimo

Verwant aan Engels: lair

Verwant aan Oudnoors: leira

In summary

Inherited from Middle Dutch lême, from Old Dutch lēmo, from Proto-West Germanic *laimō, from Proto-Germanic *laimô, variant of *laimaz (“glue”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH- (“to smear”). Compare dialectal English lair (“a bog, a mire”), Old Norse leira (“muddy beach”).