lyme
Middle English
/lim/, /liːm/
noun
Definitions
- organ, body part
- limb, extremity of the body
- (figurative) An extremity, branch, or extension.
- (Christianity) A good Christian.
- A devoted member of any other cause.
Etymology
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
- Limedale English
- belimb English
- belime English
- birdlime English
- brooklime English
- delimb English
- delime English
- dislimb English
- forelimb English
- interlimb English
- intralimb English
- limb English
- limbless English
- limbline English
- limbmeal English
- limbward English
- limby English
- lime English
- lime disease English
- lime-twig English
- limeade English
- limejuice English
- limekiln English
- limeless English
- limelight English
- limelike English
- limerod English
- limescale English
- limestone English
- limetwig English
- limewash English
- limewater English
- limewood English
- limeworks English
- limey English
- limeyard English
- limy English
- nitrolime English
- overlime English
- quicklime English
- relime English
- unlimb English
- unlime English
- whitelime English
- lime French
- lima Spanish, Castilian
- *limuz Proto-Germanic
- *limą Proto-Germanic
- *līmaz Proto-Germanic
- ライム Japanese
- gecyndlim Old English
- lim Old English
- limmælum Old English
- līm Old English
- leome Middle English
- lim Middle English
- lime Middle English
- lym Middle English
- limr Old Norse
- ليم Arabic
- *limu Old Dutch
- 萊姆 Chinese
- 라임 Korean
- ļaim̧ Marshallese
- laim Samoan Plantation Pidgin