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Afrikaans
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Dutch lijm, from Middle Dutch lijm, from Old Dutch *līm, from Proto-Germanic *līmaz.
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]lym (plural lyme)
Albanian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Albanian *lū̆m-, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *lewH- (“to spoil”) *-m-.[1] Cognate with Ancient Greek λῦμα (lûma, “dirt, filth, blemish”) and perhaps English slip (< *(s)lewbʰ-). Alternatively, borrowed from the Ancient Greek.[2]
Noun
[edit]lym m (plural lyma, definite lymi, definite plural lymat)
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 248
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “lym”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 236
Cornish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Brythonic, from Proto-Celtic *lim-ā- (“to sharpen”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *sley- (“smooth; slick; sticky; slimy”).[1] Cognate with Breton lemm.
Adjective
[edit]lym
References
[edit]- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “lim-a”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 239
Middle English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old English līm, from Proto-West Germanic *līm, from Proto-Germanic *līmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH- (“to smear”).
Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]lym (uncountable)
Descendants
[edit]- English: lime
References
[edit]- “līm, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-09.
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]lym
- Alternative form of leme
Etymology 3
[edit]Noun
[edit]lym
- Alternative form of lyme (“limb”)
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