Unnumbered source etymology · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use. · One of the principal horizontal structural members, usually of steel, timber, or concrete, of a building. · One of the transverse members of a ship's frame on which the decks are laid, and acting as part of the support for keeping the sides of the vessel in shape — supported at the sides by knees in wooden ships and by stringers in steel ones; cf. abeam, beam-ends. · The maximum width of a vessel (note that a vessel with a beam of 15 foot can also be said to be 15 foot abeam).
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *bagmaz? Proto-West Germanic *baum Old English bēam Middle English bem English beam From Middle English bem, beem, from Old English bēam (“tree, cross, gallows, column, pillar, wood, beam, splint, post, stock, rafter, piece of wood”), from Proto-West Germanic *baum, from Proto-Germanic *baumaz (“tree, beam, balk”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to grow, appear”). Cognate with North Frisian Boom, buum (“tree”), Saterland Frisian Boom (“tree”), West Frisian beam (“tree”), Cimbrian pome, póom, puam (“tree”), Dutch boom (“tree”), German Low German Boom (“tree”), German Baum (“tree”), Luxembourgish Bam (“tree”), Mòcheno pa'm (“tree”), Vilamovian baojm (“tree”), Yiddish בוים (boym, “tree”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish bom (“beam”), Icelandic baðmur (“tree”), Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌲𐌼𐍃 (bagms, “tree”), Albanian bimë (“a plant”). Doublet of boom. The original English meaning of beam ("tree") is preserved in some compound words such as quickbeam. The verb is from Middle English bemen, from Old English bēamian (“to shine, to cast forth rays or beams of light”), from the noun.
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- Inherited-form mentionbemenm
- Inherited-form mentionbēamang · tree, cross, gallows, column, pillar, wood, beam, splint, post, stock, rafter, piece of wood
- Inherited-form mention*baumgmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*baumazgem-pro · tree, beam, balk
- Derivation mention*bʰuH-ine-pro · to grow, appear
- Cognate mentionBoomfrr
- Cognate mentionBoomstq · tree
- Cognate mentionbeamfy · tree
- Cognate mentionpomecim
- Cognate mentionboomnl · tree
- Cognate mentionBaumde · tree
- Cognate mentionBamlb · tree
- Cognate mentionpa'mmhn · tree
- Cognate mentionbaojmwym · tree
- Cognate mentionבויםyi · tree
- Cognate mentionbaðmuris · tree
- Cognate mention𐌱𐌰𐌲𐌼𐍃got · tree
- Cognate mentionbimësq · a plant
- Doublet mentionboomen
- Inherited-form mentionbemenenm
- Inherited-form mentionbēamianang
This page abbreviates 16 auxiliary source items. The etymology narrative is not shortened. Omission counts are available in the audit fields below; consult the original for complete auxiliary material.
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"One of the principal horizontal structural members, usually of steel, timber, or concrete, of a building.",
"One of the transverse members of a ship's frame on which the decks are laid, and acting as part of the support for keeping the sides of the vessel in shape — supported at the sides by knees in wooden ships and by stringers in steel ones; cf. abeam, beam-ends.",
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