haulm
English
/hɒm/
noun
Definitions
- (uncountable) The stems of various cultivated plants, left after harvesting the crop to be used as animal litter or for thatching.
- (countable) An individual plant stem.
- (countable) Part of a harness; a hame.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English halm inherited from Old English healm inherited from Proto-Germanic *halmaz inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ḱolh₂mos (stalk).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ḱolh₂mos
Gloss
stalk
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- dehaulm English
- haulmy English
- *culmēna Latin
- calamarius Latin
- calamus Latin
- culmus Latin
- culmo Italian
- calmar French
- calamar Spanish, Castilian
- colmena 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
- colmo Portuguese
- *halmaz Proto-Germanic
- *halmą Proto-Germanic
- healm Old English
- helm Old English
- कलम Sanskrit
- halm Middle English
- halmr Old Norse
- *solma Proto-Slavic
- قلم Arabic
- قَلَم Arabic
- colmea Galician
- colmo Galician
- سلم Persian
- halm Old High German
- Hallem Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- קולמוס Hebrew (modern)
- ale Estonian
- კალამი Georgian
- *halmeh Proto-Finnic
- *halm Old Frisian
- holom Rohingya