lem
Danish
/lɛmˀ/
noun
Definitions
- limb arm or leg in a human or an animal
- (formal) penis
- (dated) inmate in an institution
Etymology
Inherited from Old Danish lim inherited from Old Norse limr (limb) inherited from Proto-Germanic *limuz (limb, branch).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*limuz
Gloss
limb, branch
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
肢
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- belimb English
- delimb English
- dislimb English
- forelimb English
- interlimb English
- intralimb English
- limb English
- limbless English
- limbline English
- limbmeal English
- limbward English
- limby English
- unlimb English
- kleileem Dutch, Flemish
- leem Dutch, Flemish
- leemsoort Dutch, Flemish
- lemen Dutch, Flemish
- *limaz Proto-Germanic
- *limuz Proto-Germanic
- lem Swedish
- medlem Swedish
- lem Norwegian Nynorsk
- lim Old English
- lyme Middle English
- limr Old Norse
- lím Old Norse
- baby Danish
- babylem Danish
- ind Danish
- indlemme Danish
- køn Danish
- kønslem Danish
- lim Danish
- limur Icelandic
- limur Faroese
- *limu Old Dutch
- leimo Old Dutch
- lim Old Danish
- lim Scanian