holm的词源

英文词源

holm (n.)

late Old English, from Old Norse holmr "small island, especially in a bay or river," also "meadow by a shore," or cognate Old Danish hulm "low lying land," from Proto-Germanic *hul-maz, from PIE root *kel- (4) "to rise, be elevated, be prominent; hill" (see hill). Obsolete, but preserved in place names. Cognate Old English holm (only attested in poetic language) meant "sea, ocean, wave."

中文词源

holm：湖心岛

来自古诺斯语holmr,小岛，湖心岛，来自PIE*kel,升起，突出，词源同hill,column.用于指湖心或小海湾的小岛。

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