loom
English
/luːm/, /lum/
noun
Definitions
- A utensil; tool; a weapon; (usually in compound) an article in general.
- A frame or machine of wood or other material, in which a weaver forms cloth out of thread; a machine for interweaving yarn or threads into a fabric, as in knitting or lace making.
- The part of an oar which is between the grip or handle and the blade, the shaft.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English lome (loom) inherited from Old English lōma derived from Proto-Indo-European *lem- (break, soften, fragile, crush).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*lem-
Gloss
break, soften, fragile, crush
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- autoloom English
- broad English
- broadloom English
- draw English
- drawloom English
- hand English
- handloom English
- heir English
- heirloom English
- loam English
- loomless English
- loomworks English
- wark English
- warkloom English
- work English
- workloom English
- works English
- *lem- Proto-Indo-European
- *lemesi-o- Proto-Indo-European
- *galōma Proto-Germanic
- *lamaz Proto-Germanic
- *lōmiz Proto-Germanic
- lama Old English
- lām Old English
- lōma Old English
- lōme Old English
- ġelōme Old English
- heirlome Middle English
- ilome Middle English
- lame Middle English
- lome Middle English
- weblome Middle English
- workloom Middle English
- allame Middle Dutch
- ant Middle Dutch
- lamen Middle Dutch