elm
English
/ɛlm/
noun
Definitions
- (countable) A tree of the genus Ulmus of the family Ulmaceae, large deciduous trees with alternate stipulate leaves and small apetalous flowers.
- (uncountable) Wood from an elm tree.
Etymology
Derived from Old English elm (elm) derived from Proto-Germanic *elmaz derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₁élem (mountain elm, elm).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₁élem
Gloss
mountain elm, elm
Concept
Semantic Field
Agriculture and vegetation
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- elmen English
- elmlike English
- elmness English
- elmwood English
- elmy English
- wood English
- ulmeus Latin
- ulmus Latin
- Ulme German
- olmo Italian
- *h₁élem Proto-Indo-European
- *elmaz Proto-Germanic
- alm Swedish
- alm Norwegian Nynorsk
- almetre Norwegian Nynorsk
- elm Old English
- elmen Middle English
- leafaos Irish
- leamh Irish
- leamhán Irish
- almr Old Norse
- olme Old French
- ulmo Esperanto
- om Catalan, Valencian
- álmur Icelandic
- olmo Galician
- ulm Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- llwyf Welsh
- olm Middle Dutch
- elm Old High German
- elm Middle High German
- Ulm Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- buli Albanian
- *𐌰𐌻𐌼𐍃 Gothic
- olmo Old Portuguese
- *lemos Proto-Celtic
- *lēmos Proto-Celtic
- ulmu Aromanian
- lem Middle Irish
- olmo Old Spanish
- *ul- Proto-Albanian
- ulmu Kabyle