healm
Old English
noun
Definitions
- (botany) the stalk of a plant or grass
- straw; hay; stubble
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *halmą.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*halmą
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- haulm English
- calamarius Latin
- calamus Latin
- culmus Latin
- calmar French
- calamar Spanish, Castilian
- κάλαμος Ancient Greek
- καλάμινος Ancient Greek
- καλαμάγρωστις Ancient Greek
- καλαμοθήκη Ancient Greek
- *ḱl̥h₂mos Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱolh₂-m- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱolh₂mos Proto-Indo-European
- *halmaz Proto-Germanic
- *halmą Proto-Germanic
- helm Old English
- कलम Sanskrit
- halm Middle English
- halmr Old Norse
- قلم Arabic
- قَلَم Arabic
- halm Old High German
- ale Estonian
- კალამი Georgian
- *halmeh Proto-Finnic
- *halm Old Frisian
- holom Rohingya