Schalmei
German (Berlin)
/ʃalˈmaɪ̯/
noun
Definitions
- (musical instruments) shawm
- (musical instruments) a member of the shawm family
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German schalemīe derived from French chalumeau (drinking straw) derived from Latin calamus (reed, cane, calamus, a reed, stalk, sweet flag).
Origin
Latin
calamus
Gloss
reed, cane, calamus, a reed, stalk, sweet flag
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
- calamitic English
- calamus English
- chalumeau English
- calamellus Latin
- calamus Latin
- cannamellis Latin
- calamo Italian
- calame French
- chalumeau French
- chaume French
- cálamo Spanish, Castilian
- κάλαμος Ancient Greek
- cálamo Portuguese
- szałamaja Polish
- shalemye Middle English
- chalemel Old French
- chalemie Old French
- kalmusrót Icelandic
- carambo Galician
- cálamo Galician
- carâmb Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- schalemīe Middle High German
- *caramblo Old Spanish
- calamellus LL
- شلمونه North Levantine Arabic