Etymology

holme

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Today it means: A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL1987). Full definition →

Middle English holm ← Old Norse holmr ← Proto-Germanic *hulmaz
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  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*hulmaz
  2. Old Norse · derived fromholmr
  3. Middle English · inherited fromholm“an island”
  4. English todayholme

From Middle English holm (“an island”), from Old Norse holmr, from Proto-Germanic *hulmaz.

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishholm all →

holmislet

Old Norseholmr all →

OldhamholmHulmeWolstenholmeHolmyardOxenholme

Proto-Germanic*hulmaz all →

holm

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.