Old English · noun
þæsma
Normalised þǣsma
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- weak
- IPA
- /ˈθæːs.mɑ/[ˈθæːz.mɑ]
- Syllables
- ˈθæːs · mɑ (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- leavenyeast
Meaning
-
leaven; yeast
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *þaisimō (“yeast, leaven”), from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂- (“to melt, flow, knead, mold, dwindle”).
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