*laimaz

Runic: ᛚᚨᛁᛗᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈlɑi̯.mɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

loam, mud, clay

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH- (‘to smear’). Related to *līmaz (‘glue’).

lām (Old English)
- lam, lame, lome (Middle English)
  - loam (English)
  - lame, laim (Scots)
*lēm (Old Frisian)
- Leem (Saterland Frisian)
- liem (West Frisian)
*lēm (Old Saxon)
- lêm, leim, lehm (Middle Low German)
  - Lehm (German Low German)
  - Leem (Plautdietsch)
leim (Old Dutch)
- leem (Middle Dutch)
  - leem (Dutch)
leimo (Old High German)
- leim, lēm (Middle High German)
  - Lahm, Loam (Bavarian)
  - Lehm (German)
  - Lehm (Hunsrik)
  - Leem (Luxembourgish)
  - ליים (leym) (Yiddish)