lum

Meaning

1. (Northern-England, Scotland) A chimney; also, the top part of a chimney.
2. (Northern-England, Scotland, specifically) A chimney; also, the top part of a chimney.

Synonyms

trolley

Pronounced as (IPA)

/lʌm/

Etymology

Cognate with French: lumière

Cognate with Welsh: llumon

Cognate with Old Norse: lundr

Cognate with Danish: lund

Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål: lund

Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk: lund

Cognate with Swedish: lund

In summary

Borrowed from Scots lum, Early Scots lumb; further etymology uncertain, but probably from Cumbric *lümon, related to Welsh llumon (“chimney”) (obsolete), from Proto-Celtic *loimono. Possibly at least influenced by Old French lum (“light”), lume (“cooking fire”) (compare French lumière (“light; cavity or channel within a tube or tubular organ, lumen; opening”)), from Latin lūmen (“light; light source; opening through which light can penetrate such as an air-hole or window; opening or orifice in a water-pipe or funnel”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright; to see; to shine”).