urm

Forms

urm m (plural urmi)^[1]

Etymology

It is inherited from Latin ornus (“manna ash”), with its form changed after ulm “elm”.^{[2][3][4][5][1]} Tiktin thinks it probably a book word.^[6] Cihac compared Italian orno, Spanish orno and French orne.^[7] De Vaan connects the Latin word with the Celtic and Balto-Slavic names of the ash tree.^[8]

Earliest recorded meaning

The first record is Polizu's Romanian–German dictionary of 1857.^[5][6]

Semantic evolution

The word names only the tree; the DLR quotes a regional note that the manna ash is very rare in Romania and is also called urn.^[9] Panțu lists it beside the usual name mojdrean.^[10]

Timeline

• 1857 – urm in Polizu's dictionary.^[5][6]
• 1929 – in Panțu's dictionary of plant names.^[10]

Meanings

Noun

1. (rare, regional) The manna ash, flowering ash (Fraxinus ornus); mojdrean.^[2][1]

Related words

• ulm
• frasin

References

1. ^ a b c Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b DEX (2009), Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române [Explanatory dictionary of the Romanian language], Bucharest: Editura Univers Enciclopedic, p. 1176
3. ^ Candrea, I.-A.; Adamescu, Gh. (1926–1931), Dicționarul enciclopedic ilustrat „Cartea Românească”, București: Cartea Românească, p. s.v. urm
4. ^ Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1935), Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, 3rd ed., Heidelberg: Winter
5. ^ a b c Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” (2010), Micul dicționar academic, 2nd ed., 4 vols., București: Univers Enciclopedic Gold, p. 2, 1391
6. ^ a b c Tiktin, Hariton (2000–2005), Rumänisch-deutsches Wörterbuch, 3rd ed., revised by Paul Miron and Elsa Lüder, 3 vols., Cluj-Napoca: Clusium, p. s.v. urm
7. ^ Cihac, A. de (1870), Dictionnaire d'étymologie daco-romane I: Éléments latins comparés avec les autres langues romanes, Frankfurt am Main, p. 302
8. ^ de Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages, Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 7, Leiden; Boston: Brill
9. ^ Academia Română (1965–2010), Dicționarul limbii române (DLR), serie nouă, tom I–XIX, București: Editura Academiei Române, p. s.v. urm
10. ^ a b Panțu, Zach. C. (1929), Plantele cunoscute de poporul român. Vocabular botanic cuprinzând numirile române, franceze, germane și științifice, 2nd ed., București: Editura Casei Școalelor, p. 325