meteswamm
Old English
noun
Definitions
- an edible mushroom
Etymology
Compound from Old English mete (food, meat) + Old English swamm (mushroom, sponge, fungus).
Origin
Old English
swamm
Gloss
mushroom, sponge, fungus
Concept
Semantic Field
Agriculture and vegetation
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
茸
Emoji
🍄
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *matiz Proto-Germanic
- *swammaz Proto-Germanic
- feldswamm Old English
- flæscmete Old English
- mete Old English
- meteleas Old English
- metesacca Old English
- meteseax Old English
- metesocn Old English
- metetid Old English
- meteþearfende Old English
- meteþegn Old English
- swamm Old English
- meete Middle English
- mete Middle English
- sompe Middle English
- swam Middle English