skum
Danish
/skomˀ/
noun
Definitions
- foam, froth a mass of small bubbles in a liquid
- foam plastic material with numerous small pockets of air or gas
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse *skúm borrowed from Middle Low German schūm derived from Proto-Germanic *skūmaz (foam, froth).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*skūmaz
Gloss
foam, froth
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- spūma Latin
- Abschaum German
- Meerschaum German
- Nanoschaum German
- Schaum German
- Schaumbildung German
- Schaumblase German
- Schaumgummi German
- Schaumkrone German
- Schaumkunststoff German
- Schaumstoff German
- Schaumwein German
- schuim Dutch, Flemish
- schuimen Dutch, Flemish
- schuimfeest Dutch, Flemish
- schuimkop Dutch, Flemish
- schuimkraag Dutch, Flemish
- schuimparty Dutch, Flemish
- schuimrubber Dutch, Flemish
- schuimtaal Dutch, Flemish
- schuimwijn Dutch, Flemish
- zeeschuim Dutch, Flemish
- *skew- Proto-Indo-European
- *skūmaz Proto-Germanic
- *skúm Old Norse
- bad Danish
- fløde Danish
- flødeskum Danish
- skumbad Danish
- schuum Middle Dutch
- schūme Middle Dutch
- schūme, schume Middle Dutch
- scūm Old High German
- skúm Faroese
- schūm Middle High German
- *skūm Old Dutch
- schūm Middle Low German
- *skūm Old Saxon
- *skūm Frankish
- schome Walloon
- skuma Sranan Tongo