holm

Meaning

Noun

• Small island, islet.
• An island in a lake, river or estuary; an eyot.
• Any small island, but especially one near a larger island or the mainland, sometimes with holly bushes; an islet. Often the word is used in Norse-influenced place-names. See also holme.
• Rich flat land near a river, prone to being completely flooded; a river-meadow; bottomland.
• The holly.
• A common evergreen oak of Europe, Quercus ilex; the holm oak.

Origin

• From Middle English holm, holme, from Old English holm and Old Norse holmr, holmi, both from the Proto-Germanic *hulmaz, from Proto-Indo-European root *kelH-. Cognate with Old Saxon holm, Old Danish hulm, Middle Low German holm, German Holm, Middle Dutch holm, Swedish holme, Norwegian Bokmål holme, Icelandic hólmur.
• From Middle English holm, holme, alteration of Middle English holin. hollin, and holly.