Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗A layer of impurities that accumulates at the surface of a liquid (especially molten metal or water). · A greenish water vegetation (such as algae), usually found floating on the surface of ponds · The topmost liquid layer of a cesspool or septic tank. · Semen.
To remove the layer of scum from (a liquid etc.). · To remove (something) as scum. · To become covered with scum. · To scour (the land, sea, etc.).
From Middle English scum, scome, skum, skome, scumme, from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch schūme (“foam”), from Old Dutch *scūm, from Frankish *skūm, from Proto-Germanic *skūmaz (“froth, foam”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover, conceal”). Cognate with Dutch schuim (“foam”), West Frisian skuum, German Schaum (“foam”), Danish and Swedish skum (“foam”). Compare also French écume (“scum”), Italian schiuma (“foam”), Saterland Frisian Skuum, Sicilian scuma (“foam”), Walloon schome (“scum, foam”), Lithuanian šamas (“catfish”) and skanus (“tasty”) from the same Germanic source. Related to skim.
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionscumenm
- Derivation mentionschūmedum · foam
- Derivation mention*scūmodt
- Derivation mention*skūmazgem-pro · froth, foam
- Derivation mention*(s)kewH-ine-pro · to cover, conceal
- Cognate mentionschuimnl · foam
- Cognate mentionskuumfy
- Cognate mentionSchaumde · foam
- Cognate mentionécumefr · scum
- Cognate mentionschiumait · foam
- Cognate mentionSkuumstq
- Cognate mentionscumascn · foam
- Cognate mentionschomewa · scum, foam
- Cognate mentionšamaslt · catfish
This page abbreviates 3 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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