limb
English
/lɪm/
noun
Definitions
- A major appendage of human or animal, used for locomotion (such as an arm, leg or wing).
- A branch of a tree.
- (archery) The part of the bow, from the handle to the tip.
- An elementary piece of the mechanism of a lock.
- A thing or person regarded as a part or member of, or attachment to, something else.
- (botany) The part of a corolla beyond the throat.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English lyme (limb, quicklime) inherited from Old English lim (limb, joint, branch, main branch) 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
- limbiness English
- limbless English
- limblessly English
- limblessness English
- limbline English
- limbmeal English
- limbward English
- limby English
- lime English
- line English
- unlimb English
- *limaz Proto-Germanic
- *limuz Proto-Germanic
- *limą Proto-Germanic
- lem Swedish
- medlem Swedish
- lem Norwegian Nynorsk
- medlem Norwegian Nynorsk
- gecyndlim Old English
- lim Old English
- limmælum Old English
- līm Old English
- belimien Middle English
- leome Middle English
- lim Middle English
- lime Middle English
- lym Middle English
- lyme Middle English
- lymmele Middle English
- limr Old Norse
- babylem Danish
- indlemme Danish
- kønslem Danish
- lem Danish
- limur Icelandic
- limur Faroese
- *limu Old Dutch
- lim Old Danish
- lim Scanian