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Dutch (Brabantic)

/zoːm/, /zuːm/, /zoːm/, /zuːm/

noun
Definitions
  • edge, border
  • hem border of a cloth that is turned around and stitched

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch sôom inherited from Old Dutch *sōm inherited from *saum inherited from Proto-Germanic *saumaz (that which is sewn).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*saumaz

Gloss

that which is sewn

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