steam
Old English
noun
Definitions
- steam (water vapor)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *staumaz (steam, vapour, breath, smoke).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*staumaz
Gloss
steam, vapour, breath, smoke
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
息
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- stomen Dutch, Flemish
- stoom Dutch, Flemish
- stoombad Dutch, Flemish
- stoomboot Dutch, Flemish
- stoomfiets Dutch, Flemish
- stoomfluit Dutch, Flemish
- stoomgemaal Dutch, Flemish
- stoomketel Dutch, Flemish
- stoomkracht Dutch, Flemish
- stoommachine Dutch, Flemish
- stoompaard Dutch, Flemish
- stoomtram Dutch, Flemish
- stoomtrein Dutch, Flemish
- stoomturbine Dutch, Flemish
- stoomwals Dutch, Flemish
- *dʰew- Proto-Indo-European
- *staumaz Proto-Germanic
- stēam Old English
- setom Indonesian
- setum Indonesian
- *stôom Middle Dutch
- stoom Afrikaans
- *staum gmw-pro
- *stōm Old Dutch
- steam Western Frisian
- stoom Western Frisian